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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph/limited edition/framed
DATE: 1994
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1712.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: First Solo Flight
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 380/575
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper print; aluminum frame with steel connectors & hanging hardware; plexiglass; masonite (wood) backing

Dimensions

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

Length: 90.0 cm
Width: 59.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 2.2 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Knight
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: instructors in Canada taught almost 50,000 Allied military pilots and were a major factor in achieving Allied air superiority during the Second World War
Function: to commemorate the role of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand painted on original painting on canvas at lower left reads: "CP. Knight": caption on border below main image reads: "First Solo Flight/De Havilland DH82C Tiger Moth"; lettering hand written on border below main image reads: "380/579 (sic.) CP Knight [Artist's signature]" counter signed by "Craig Ainslie" & "D. Archibald"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour image; black caption & b + w drawing on white border; silver-gray frame
Decoration: image shows BCATP pilot trainee's first solo flight during elementary flight training - side view of de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane gaining altitude over wheat fields; drawing of Tiger Moth on border below main image

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1994, Artifact no. 1995.1712, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1712.001/

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