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The Collection: People: Frank T. Coffyn

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Frank Coffyn preparing a Wright Model B for flight.Frank Coffyn before flight in a Wright Model B.Frank and Kinsgland Coffyn sitting on a Wright Model B.
Frank Coffyn tending to an early Wright Model B, Troy, New York.Postcard of Wilbur Wright, Frank Coffyn, and Duval La Chapelle inspecting Wright transitional aircraft."WILBUR WRIGHT INSPECTING MACHINE/BEFORE A START/At Wright Brothers Training Ground, Dayton, Ohio/Published by R.S. McHenry, Dayton, Ohio"
Reverse of postcard (addressed to Mrs. Frank Coffyn)Reverse of postcard to Frank CoffynReverse of postcard #146 (addressed to Mrs. Frank Coffyn). Notes occasion of Coffyn's first solo flight.
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Pioneer aviator and original member of Wright exhibition team. Born October 24, 1879, Charleston, South Carolina. Died December 10, 1960, Palo Alto, California. Coffyn was active in aviation following his time with the Wright Company, working as an Army flight instructor, getting his helicopter license in 1940, and finally working for the Hiller Helicopter Company.


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