ARCHIBALD HOXSEY, ARCH HOXSEY, TROPHIES,WRIGHT BROTHERS, 1910


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ARCHIBALD HOXSEY, ARCH HOXSEY, TROPHIES,WRIGHT BROTHERS, 1910:
$95000.00
PACKING SHIPPING OUT MY DOOR MAY TAKE UP TO 10 WORKING DAYS
INSURANCE IS A MUST
VERY EARLY FAMOUS AVIATOR - ARCHIBALD " ARCH " HOXSEY - 1884 / 1910 - PILOT / MECHANIC.
FIRST CREW {5} WORKING FOR THE WRIGHT BROTHERS - FIRST FLYING SCHOOL - STAFF PILOT
FIRST PILOT EVER TO FLY AT NIGHT IN THE USAAND A NUMBER OF OTHER FIRST
FLEW THE FIRST US PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT ON A FOUR MINUTE FLIGHT FROM
KINLOCK FIELD IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI - ALMOST GOT FIRED BY ORVILL WRIGHT FOR THIS RISKY FLIGHT.
DECEMBER 30th. 1910, ARCH SET AN ALTITUDE RECORD OF 11,474 FEET IN A WRIGHT FLYER
DEC. 31st 1910, HE ATTEMPTED TO BEAT THAT RECORD ...... CRASHED AND DIED - 26 YEARS OLD
DIED THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR , DEC. 31, 1910 - LOS ANGELES
20 YEARS OF RESEARCH I KNOW OF NO TROPHIES
CONNECTED TO WRIGHT BROTHERS IN PRIVATE HANDS
OR WRIGHT BROTHERS
SO RARE
FEW DINGS SEE PHOTOS 40 PLUS
NEED A PAYMENT PLAN NOT A PROBLEM
NO REPAIR WORK HAS BEEN DONE
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - SET A NEW NON-STOP DISTANCE RECORD , 104 MILES, AT NIGHT
HOXSEY STREET WAS ESTABLISHED IN HIS MEMORY IN LOS ANGELES - STREET SURVIVED UP TO 1970
ARCH HOXSEY - DIED BEFORE HE COULD RECEIVE BOTH OF THESE TROPHIES
BOTH OF THESE TROPHIES WERE ON DISPLAY AFTER HIS DEATH IN LONG BEACH JEWELRY SHOP
IN HIS MEMORY FOR TWO MONTHS
WENT MISSING FOR 100 YEARS
ENDED UP IN HAWAII AND WAS SAVED FROM BEING MELTED DOWN FOR SCRAP METAL 20 YEARS AGO
TALL STERLING TROPHY CUP - 6 POUNDS PLUS
STANDS : 17 1/2 INCHES ----- DIAMETER AT TOP OPENING ONLY : 9 5/8 INCHES
BOWL IS DEEP : 7 3/4 INCHES
MAKER : GORHAM { HALLMARKED } STERLING / 12 1/2 PINTS / NO # A 4995
AWARDED TO WINNER
HIGHEST ALTITUDE CONTEST
DOMINGUEZ FIELD / 1910
AWARD TO ARCH HOXSEY HIGHEST ALTITUDE FLIGHT
RECORD11,474 FEET
DOMINGUEZ FIELD DEC. 26th 1910
PRESENTED BY
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SECONDINTERNATIONAL AVIATION MEET
DOMINGUEZ FIELD CAL.
DECEMBER 24 JANUARY 3
--- 1910 -- '11 --
CONDITION : NEEDS A FINE HAND POLISHING - A FEW LITTLE DINGS ON CENTER OF BOWL AND VERY EASY TO REPAIR
SECOND TROPHY TRAY - STERLING - 2 LBS PLUS
DIAMETER : 14 INCHES
CENTER ENGRAVED
PRESENTED BY THE
AERO CLUB OF ST.LOUISTO :
ARICH HOXSEY
COMMEMORATING HIS FLIGHT
WRIGHT BIPLANE
FROM SPRINGFIELD, MO. OCT 8th 1910
A DEED OF SKILL AND DARING
SEE HOW CLOSE THE DATE'S ARE ON BOTH TROPHIES
CONDITION : ALSO NEEDS A FINE HAND POLISHING
WILL ALSO SHIP INTERNATIONAL
BOTH TROPHIES MUST GO TOGETHER
BOTH ARE VERY THICK SILVER
VERY HIGH QUALITY
In November 1911 the Wright Brothers disbanded their exhibition team, after the fatal crashes of their two most popular pilots, Ralph Johnston and Arch Hoxsey.
NO OTHER TROPHIES
ARCHIBALD HOXSEY, ARCH HOXSEY, TROPHIES,WRIGHT BROTHERS, 1910:
$95000.00

