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1911 Bleriot Training Model Airplane100 Photos
1911 Bleriot Training Model Airplane
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This item is in Union, IL
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Background: Shakir Saliba Jerwan (1881-1942), was born in Beirut, Lebanon. In 1904, Jerwan & his brother, Fuad (Fred), sons of the 1st ordained Protestant minister in Lebanon emigrated to the United States and became citizens in 1910. Jerwan was trained to fly on a Bleriot monoplane at the Moisant School of Aviation, Mineola, NY in the Summer of 1911. This was the 1st Class at the Moisant School of Aviation. Among his classmates was Harriet Quimby, the 1st licensed woman pilot in the USA. Unfortunately she was the 1st woman to die in an airplane when her Bleriot two seat tandem pitched forward and she and her passenger, father of the meet promoter, fell to their deaths at the 3rd Harvard Boston Aero Meet, July 1,1912. Shakir Jerkin earned his pilot’s license, (#54) in August 1911. His brother Fuad, who was deaf, was working as a mechanic at the Moisant school. Fuad built this model of a Bleriot XI with a 6 ft wingspan, an electric motor to spin the propeller, and movable control surfaces. In late fall 1911, Shakir started lecturing on the “Art of Flying” using this lifelike model and stereopticon slides to illustrate his lecture. Their instructor, Frenchman Andre Houpert, left aviation after having taught the 1911 class at Moisant. Moisant hired Shakir Jerwan as Chief Pilot and Instructor at the Moisant School of Aviation, Garden City, New York, and he served there through the seasons 1912-14. He was also appointed technical officer on the staff of the First Aero Squadron of Volunteers of the United States. Shakir Jerwan continued as Chief Pilot/Instructor until around 1915 when he left for the warmer climes of Guatemala & helped organize their Air Force. Upon returning to the United States he left aviation and became a hotelier running the Inn at Cornwall on the Hudson. Shakir's brother Fuad (Fred) had graduated from the Clarke Institute for the Deaf in Northampton, MA. He had apparently retained the model when Shakir moved to Guatemala and when the Clark Institute was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in 1919 he brought it there for a display featuring the accomplishments of their graduates. It remained there in storage until the Clark send material to auction when re-purposing some buildings. The model is in overall remarkable condition with most of the wing, tail, and rudder fabric intact. The wood propeller and electric motor are in place but untested. It measures 5 ft long with a wingspan of 6 ft. This is probably one of the first models used as a training aid and may be the earliest surviving aeronautical training model in existence! Check out these photos below:
NASM Photos:
https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.XXXX.0231_ref505
NASM Scrapbook
https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.XXXX.0231_ref507
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