ZOOMING: We love how information we find online gives a backstory to old prints, like this 1930 etch
ZOOMING: We love how information we find online gives a backstory to old prints, like this 1930 etching of a Chicago air race titled “Zooming.” Turns out that the airplane’s designer, Matty Laird, rushed it into production and built it just for the race in one month. After being tested for a mere ten minutes in the air, aviator Charles “Speed” Holman went on to win the 100-mile event and set a closed-course, non-military speed record in the process. Not only that, we tracked down the actual plane depicted in the print! It’s in the New England Air Museum near the Hartford, CT, airport, where it’s on display. More here: http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/transport/lairdsolution.html -- source link
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