[Wilbur Wright piloting Wright Type A]

Photograph of a Wright (Co) Type A aircraft, piloted by Wilbur Wright, during its flight past the Statue of Liberty (not pictured), New York City, New York, September 29, 1909. A canoe is attached to the aircraft in case of a water landing.

Inscription on image: "Wright's flight around Statue [of] Liberty. Copyright 1909 by Geo. Grantham Bain."

Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers photograph album, circa 1909-1930s. Album contains fifty (50) silver gelatin prints related to Wilbur and Orville Wright.