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THIS IS A HISTORICAL AVAIATION COLLECTION THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 8 PLATES OF WELDON B COOKE OF OAKLAND CALIFORNIA A TRULY PIONEER IN AVIATION. THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL PLATES TO PRODUCE ALL THE PICTURES OF HIS FLIGHT LIKE THE ONE I HAVE PRINTED OUT NEXT TO THE ORIGINAL PLATE OF HIM READY FOR HIS FLIGHT IN THE COCKPIT. ONE OF THE PLATES A SMALLER COPPER PLATE HAS THE WORD "AERMAIDE" UNDERNEATH THE PLANE NOT SURE IF IT'S THE SAME PLANE HE USED HIS WAS CALLED THE "BLACK DIAMOND". FROM SOME RESEARCH THE CHRISTOPHERSON BROTHERS FLEW THE AERMAIDE FROM1910 TO 1926 SO THIS PLATE MAY NOT BE RELATED BUT HAS GOOD HISTORICAL REFERENCE. THIS IS WRIGHT BROTHERS STYLE OF FLYING A SINCE THIER FIRST FLIGHT IN 1903 OF A MOTORIZED PLANE WELDON IS DOING THIS FLIGHT JUST A FEW YEARS LATER ON THE WEST COAST. IF I WALK THROUGH THE PLATES 2 OF THEM ARE CLOSEUP SHOTS OF HIM IN THE PLANE GETTING READY FOR HIS FLIGHT OR FINISHING HIS FLIGHT 1 IS OF HIM INSPECTING HIS PLANE BEFORE HIS FLIGHT 1 DEPICTS HIM FLYING OVER THE CROWD OF SPECTATORS FLYING OVER A PAVILLION WITH ALL THE FOLKS LOOKING UP AT HIM AND THE FLYING MACHINE 3 OF THEM ARE MORE OF HIM IN FLIGHT OVER LAND AND ON COMING OVER A LARGE HILLMAYBE MOUNT TAMALPAIS. 1 IS THE PICTURE OF THE PLANE IN THE AIR WITH THE WORD AERMAIDE IN REVERSE FOR PRINTING YOU CAN GET A PERSPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF THE PLATES IN THE GROUP PICTURE AGAINST A PLAIN PIECE OF PAPER. I WAS SAD TO HEAR THAT WELDON DIED THE YEAR AFTER THIS FROM A PLANE CRASH HE HAD PROMISED HIS MOTHER JUST BEFORE THAT HE WOULD NEVER FLY AGAIN. THIS A UNIQUE COLLECTION I REALLY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING LIKE IT |
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