12th Nov, 2024 11:00

Early Flight - The Caproni Collection & The Collectors Sale

 
Lot 109
 

109

A rare volume containing original copy material dated 1937-1940 of this ducted-fan experimental aircraft

Comprising Prove details with 25 pages of text together with 73 drawings, many with photographs of this aircraft and its components under stress and destructive testing, the volume with blue fabric hardcovers, 31cm x 23cm; together with 31 handwritten pencil and typewritten pages of notes and calculations with supporting mathematical documentation and pencil sketches dated 23-7-40, in a folder inscribed 'Prove Campini'.

Sold for £240
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Comprising Prove details with 25 pages of text together with 73 drawings, many with photographs of this aircraft and its components under stress and destructive testing, the volume with blue fabric hardcovers, 31cm x 23cm; together with 31 handwritten pencil and typewritten pages of notes and calculations with supporting mathematical documentation and pencil sketches dated 23-7-40, in a folder inscribed 'Prove Campini'.

Auction: Early Flight - The Caproni Collection & The Collectors Sale, 12th Nov, 2024

Early flight, Aeronautica, and the Caproni collection

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