Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights

1911, mounted fabric from "Vin Fiz" aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the first plane to fly transcontinental in 1911, mounted under glass with a photo of the aircraft, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

The "Vin Fiz" made the first U.S. transcontinental flight in 1911 taking off from Sheepshead Bay New York on Sept 17 and landing in Pasadena Ca on Nov 5. Calbraith Percy Rodgers covered the 4321 miles in 82 hours and 2 minutes with seventy landings. Now part of the National Air & Space Museum.