THE FLIGHT OF THE JUNE BUG June 23-27, 1976 Hammondsport NY Biplane Aviation

Description: THE FLIGHT OF THE JUNE BUG June 23-27, 1976 Benefit Glen H. Curtiss Museum of Local History Presented by Glen H. Curtiss Museum & Hammondsport Area Bicentennial Committee SOUVENIR PROGRAM Softcover, 52 pages The June Bug was an American "pioneer era" biplane built by the Aerial Experiment Association (A.E.A) in 1908 and flown by Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The aircraft was the first American airplane to fly at least 1km in front of a crowd. A replica of the June Bug was built and flown in 1976 by Mercury Aircraft of Hammondsport. "June 23, 1976, the long awaited day of the bicentennial celebration dawned with an overcast sky on the sleepy cross roads of Pleasant Valley nestled between green hills near Hammondsport, New York, the heart of the finger lake country. There was a spontaneous air of expectancy, however, because a collection of rather quaint and delicate flying machines, with their crews, had gathered on the little grass field along the Bath-Hammondsport Road. It was as though time had slipped back to the turn of the century when Dr. Alexander Graham Bell’s “boys” of the Aerial Experiment Associa tion trundled their fragile “aerodrome” from its tent to test the stillness of the morning’s air. That quiet time, of little wind, just after dawn and just at dusk were the hours so much appreciated by those fledglings of the air." This souvenir book contains text, photos and drawings related to the original 1908 June Bug and the 1976 replica/flight re-enactment. The book also contains a good number of local ads. 8.5" x 11". Excellent condition. Scarce!

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Location: Elmira, New York

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