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Navigation of the Air [cover title].
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Savannna: Batson Air Navigation Company, 1913. First edition. Small octavo, 20 pp. with 6 full page artistic rendering of the the six-winged air yacht. Publisher's string-tied blue wrappers with raised gilt lettering (Navigation of the Air) on the front. Laid is is a Financial Plan for the Batson Air Navigation Company in which Batson offers Preferred and Common Stock (he even included a sase). A wonderful copy. OCLC only locates one copy.The Batson Air Navigation Company began setting up its Dutch Island manufacturing facility in early 1913 and went to work straight away planning the Batson Aero Yacht. An early aeronautic visionary, Matthew A. Batson imagined building the boat-like aircraft to easily carry cargo, crew, and passengers across the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool, England. Passenger fare would be no small amount at $2,000 for the projected 36-hour flight. The airframe consisted of six forty-foot wings and a gondola type cabin, fixed with struts and braces to a seventy-foot pontoon. Powered by three 120 hp Emerson six cylinder engines,On November 17, 1913, Batson’s highly anticipated invention was finally afloat on the waters of the Herb River in its debut to reporters and spectators from near and far. Although there are mixed reports of exactly how and when it happened, while anchored in the river, the plane was damaged in an apparent accident. Not long after, it was announced that all Aero Yacht activities were suspended and a smaller version of the aircraft, later dubbed the Dragonfly, would be constructed to carry out all future trials. Pioneer aviators and engineers from around the world flocked to Savannah to inspect the planes and offer their assistance, but the fate of Captain Batson’s invention seemed to have already been determined. Due to a lack of continued support, the Aero Yacht would never get off the ground to make its transatlantic flight.
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- Navigation of the Air [cover title].
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- (EARLY AVIATION: TRADE CATALOG)
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- Batson Air Navigation Company
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- Savannna
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- 1913
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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