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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w
DATE: 1916
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0633.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Curtis Aviation School
LOCATION: Newport News, Virginia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper photograph

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 62.6 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GRIFFITH
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Virginia
City: Newport News

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Sandy MacDonald received flying training at the Curtis Aviation School in 1916
Canada: Canadian A.F. "Sandy" MacDonald learned to fly at the Curtis Flying School, Newport News, Va. USA in 1916, was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Naval Air Service and fighter pilot on the western front in 1917, and finished WWI as a flying instructor (Captain, Royal Air Force). He served as an officer in the RCAF 1927 - 1932, a commercial pilot in the Canadian north, became Vice President of Aviation service Corp. Ltd. in 1937, Director of P & H Aircraft Co. Ltd. and Chief Ground School and Air Navigation Instructor with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from 1939 - 1941, and a Pilot for the Royal Air Force Ferry Command for the duration of WWII. He was later an executive at The DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
Function: souvenir of Sandy MacDonald's flying training/ fold in middle would appear to indicate not intended for display
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand written in ink on image reads: "E>P> GRIFFITH,/PHOTOG./CURTIS AVIATION SCHOOL/NEWPORT NEWS, VA."
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w photograph
Decoration: image shows hangars, airplanes & runway of Curtis Aviation School; automobiles, rail line & possibly canal can be seen at right

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, 1916, Artifact no. 1994.0633, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0633.001/

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