Catalogue No: | C1752 |
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Category: | Corporate/Business |
Object Type: | Promotional Item |
Object Name: | 80th Anniversary Medallion for Short Wright Flyer |
Part No: | None |
Serial No: | None |
Manufacturer: | Unknown |
Division: | Not Applicable |
Platform(s): | |
Year of Manufacture: | 1989 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 55 Height (mm): 4 Depth (mm): 55 Weight (g): 81 |
Location: | Cupboard CB (Awards 1) [Main Store] |
On one side it has:
SHORTS.
80TH ANNIVERSARY SHORT WRIGHT FLYER
1909- 1989
On the reverse it has:
WORLD'S FIRST AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION CONTRACT
1909
SHORT WRIGHT FLYER
Short Brothers had a manufacturing plant both at Rochester Esplanade and on the Rochester Airport in the buildings later occupied by Elliott Bros. This medallion commemorates an event that took place much earlier: in March 1909 the Shorts received a contract from Wilbur and Orville Wright to build six Model 'A' Wright Flyers for sale to members of the Aero Club. The Shorts received £1200 for this, the first contract for batch production of aircraft to be placed in the United Kingdom.
See English Heritage website
The medallion comes in a case the dimensions:-
75x75x20mm. It weighs 151g