CURTISS, Glenn H. (1878-1930). Typed letter signed ("G. H. Curtiss") to Henry Woodhouse (1884-1970), Hammondsport, N. Y., 27 May 1914. 1 page, 4to, on personal letterhead, matted and framed . "WE EXPECT TO HAVE A FLYING BOAT IN NEW YORK SOON" Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss writes to the notorious journalist and autograph forger Henry Woodhouse, about test flights for his breakthrough aircraft, the twin-engine "flying boat" America : "We expect to make a preliminary trial of the Langley machine tomorrow, and will probably make a further trial Saturday. We will be very glad to have you come up. We expect to have a flying boat in New York soon. I will advise you as to the plans as soon as possible. I think, however, the machine will go to Larchmont. We have no plan for any one who would take the machine to Travers Island. As to the trophy: We have the proposals from the makers, but we are not placing the order until we arrive at some more definite conclusion as to how this trophy may be contested for. If you have any ideas on this subject, I should very much like to have them." Described by Charles Hamilton as a "compulsive forger," Woodhouse's aviation fakes were usually phony endorsements penned on first-day covers marking some achievement in manned flight. He never went to the trouble of forging (or stealing) a victim's letterhead.
CURTISS, Glenn H. (1878-1930). Typed letter signed ("G. H. Curtiss") to Henry Woodhouse (1884-1970), Hammondsport, N. Y., 27 May 1914. 1 page, 4to, on personal letterhead, matted and framed . "WE EXPECT TO HAVE A FLYING BOAT IN NEW YORK SOON" Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss writes to the notorious journalist and autograph forger Henry Woodhouse, about test flights for his breakthrough aircraft, the twin-engine "flying boat" America : "We expect to make a preliminary trial of the Langley machine tomorrow, and will probably make a further trial Saturday. We will be very glad to have you come up. We expect to have a flying boat in New York soon. I will advise you as to the plans as soon as possible. I think, however, the machine will go to Larchmont. We have no plan for any one who would take the machine to Travers Island. As to the trophy: We have the proposals from the makers, but we are not placing the order until we arrive at some more definite conclusion as to how this trophy may be contested for. If you have any ideas on this subject, I should very much like to have them." Described by Charles Hamilton as a "compulsive forger," Woodhouse's aviation fakes were usually phony endorsements penned on first-day covers marking some achievement in manned flight. He never went to the trouble of forging (or stealing) a victim's letterhead.
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