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80th Anniversary Medallion for Short Wright Flyer

Technical Information

Catalogue No: C1752
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]
Inscription(s):

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

Notes:

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