12th Nov, 2024 11:00
Early Flight - The Caproni Collection & The Collectors Sale
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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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