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Description
On October 10, 1927, famed female aviator Frances Wilson Grayson, niece of President Woodrow Wilson, landed her Sikorsky S-36 amphibian plane "Dawn" on Old Orchard Beach. Her goal was to set up base in Old Orchard for her transatlantic flight to Copenhagen.
The flight was hampered, and eventually cancelled, by poor weather and visibility.
About This Item
- Title: Crew member of the "Dawn," Old Orchard Beach, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927-10-27
- Subject Date: 1927-10-27
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.16447
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Aeronautics--Old Orchard Beach (Me.)
- Airplanes--1920-1930
- Dawn (Airplane)
- Sikorsky Aviation Corporation
- Transatlantic flights--History--20th century
- Women air pilots
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Frances Grayson, Old Orchard Beach, 1927
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