Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights

Mounted fabric from the Fokker T-2 aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the first plane to make the nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350

The Fokker T-2 made the first nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight on May 2-3 1923. It covered the 2470 miles from Roosevelt New York to San Diego CA in 26 hours 50 minutes. The Fokker T-2 is in the National Air & Space Museum.