Bernard 191GR n ° 2 “Canary Bird”

Description

Built in 1928 and 1st flight on August 5. On June 13, 1929, Assolant, Lefèvre and Lotti made the first non-stop French crossing of the Atlantic in 29:22, from Boston to a beach in northern Spain, at the controls of the Canary Bird, so baptized because of its color. This historic flight of 5 km almost took place in a tragic way, an American; Arthur Schreiber having clandestinely taken a place on board the plane, in order to make people talk about him, causing an overload of the device which struggled to take off …… It was powered by a Hispano-Suiza V900Lb of 12hp. 630 GR models were built for the purpose of large raids.
Handmade decoration model in solid Tanguilé wood. Entirely sculpted and painted by hand, markings by decals. Supplied with a varnished Acacia wood base and metal stem, with an engraved, glued aluminum-style plaque.