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WRIGHT, Orville. Document signed ("Orville Wright"), countersigned by two other observers, McCook Field, near Dayton, Ohio, 13 March 1926. 1 page, 4to, signatures verified at bottom with a notary's impressed seal.
LT. MACREADY ATTEMPTS A NEW AMERICAN ALTITUDE RECORD
At 10:47 a.m. on 13 March 1926, Lieutenant John A. Macready, flying an experimental aircraft described as "Corps Observation No.5," powered by a 400 horsepower Liberty engine, sought to "establish a new altitude record for airplanes." Wright and two others served as official observers, and in this form certify that "the trial was made in one continuous flight and altogether in accordance with F.A.I. regulations. The start and landing were made at McCook Field." A penciled note at the bottom right-hand corner records that Macready attained an altitude of 37,579 feet.
LT. MACREADY ATTEMPTS A NEW AMERICAN ALTITUDE RECORD
At 10:47 a.m. on 13 March 1926, Lieutenant John A. Macready, flying an experimental aircraft described as "Corps Observation No.5," powered by a 400 horsepower Liberty engine, sought to "establish a new altitude record for airplanes." Wright and two others served as official observers, and in this form certify that "the trial was made in one continuous flight and altogether in accordance with F.A.I. regulations. The start and landing were made at McCook Field." A penciled note at the bottom right-hand corner records that Macready attained an altitude of 37,579 feet.