Grover Bergdoll donated this Wright Model B to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1933. The institute had the plane made flight ready and on December 19, 1934 one Marshall Reid flew it on a short flight.
Originally, the name “Bergdoll” was painted across the bottom wing but that had been removed or painted over.
Today this plane hangs in the institute as one of a kind. It was originally purchased by Grover Bergdoll while attending the Wright training school. He stored the plane in his hangar, untouched until he was convinced to donate it.
While the plane is an original Model B, the provenance is not accurate since the donors name, painted on the plane when purchased and when donated to the museum has been removed.
Read my book “Slacker, The Bergdoll Chronology” for further details.
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