Contributed by Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
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Description
Monplane The Dawn, in the surf during a gale and high sea at Old Orchard Beach on October 13, 1927.
The plane, with Wilmer Stulz as pilot, attempted three times to take off from Old Orchard Beach for a transatlantic flight. Weather and mechanical problems halted all three attempts.
The plane later flew out of New York and was lost over the Atlantic Ocean.
About This Item
- Title: 'The Dawn' in surf, Old Orchard Beach, 1927, 1927
- Creator: International News Corp.
- Creation Date: 1927-10-13
- Subject Date: 1927-10-13
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Locations:
- Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 16 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: HJScr3_p075_001
- Collection: Harry Jones Scrapbook Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Seaplanes
- Amphibian planes
- Airplanes--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Grayson, Frances Wilson, c.1890-1927--Associated objects
- Dawn (Airplane)
- Beaches--Maine
- Sikorsky S-38 (Amphibian plane)
- Transatlantic flights
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For more information about this item, contact:
Old Orchard Beach Historical SocietyP.O. Box 464, Old Orchard, ME 04064
(207) 934-9319
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