Houdini exhibition at San Francisco museum

Hello,

Catherine Chandler (the daughter of long-time friends of mine) has written an article for the San Francisco Examiner on the current Houdini exhibition in San Francisco. Titled "'Will Wonders Never Cease?', Houdini: Art & Magic at the CJM in San Francisco", the article is online at http://www.examiner.com/fine-arts-museu ... -francisco .

(Yes, it is the 85th, not the 95th, anniversary of Houdini's death, or else this is the year 2021 and we just don't know it.) It's a good read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

Thanks for catching that Jack, the article has been corrected!

Hello,

Catherine Chandler (the daughter of long-time friends of mine) has written an article for the San Francisco Examiner on the current Houdini exhibition in San Francisco. Titled "'Will Wonders Never Cease?', Houdini: Art & Magic at the CJM in San Francisco", the article is online at http://www.examiner.com/fine-arts-museu ... -francisco .

(Yes, it is the 85th, not the 95th, anniversary of Houdini's death, or else this is the year 2021 and we just don't know it.) It's a good read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

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...it isn't 2021!

Now the article is a better read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

Hello,

Catherine Chandler (the daughter of long-time friends of mine) has written an article for the San Francisco Examiner on the current Houdini exhibition in San Francisco. Titled "'Will Wonders Never Cease?', Houdini: Art & Magic at the CJM in San Francisco", the article is online at http://www.examiner.com/fine-arts-museu ... -francisco .

(Yes, it is the 85th, not the 95th, anniversary of Houdini's death, or else this is the year 2021 and we just don't know it.) It's a good read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

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Nice article.


Houdini was not the first to fly down under,
DEFRIES, Colin
December 9, 1909 Colin Defries made the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air machine (def: an aeroplane or airplane) in Australia, at Victoria Park Racecourse, in Sydney.
His flight of approximately 115 yards at altitudes of 2 to 15 feet and at a speed of 36 mph ended in a crash landing when he lost control grabbing for his hat blown off in the wind.
http://www.tne.net.au andhttp://mag-nify.educ.monash.edu.au


cheers

Ian

Hello,

Catherine Chandler (the daughter of long-time friends of mine) has written an article for the San Francisco Examiner on the current Houdini exhibition in San Francisco. Titled "'Will Wonders Never Cease?', Houdini: Art & Magic at the CJM in San Francisco", the article is online at http://www.examiner.com/fine-arts-museu ... -francisco .

(Yes, it is the 85th, not the 95th, anniversary of Houdini's death, or else this is the year 2021 and we just don't know it.) It's a good read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

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On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day with Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet.
In Nov. 1904, Orville Wright made the first flight of over 5 minutes.
With all respect to Colin DeFries, his December, 1909, hop in the Wright plane barely met any of the criteria which the Aeronautic Society had established should constitute a "successful" flight.
The flier had to make a successful takeoff--DeFries got that far--and he flew further than Orville's first flight, six years before. But that same day, Orville Wright flew almost twice as far as DeFries flight--and landed safely. In not manuevering once in the air and in crash landing, Colin DeFries really failed to make a successful flight--but he did get a heavier than air craft into the air.
The criteria for a successful flight involved flying a figure 8 pattern and landing safely.
His flights in Australia--some of which were quite spectacular--certainly establish Houdini as Australia's first aviator.

Hello,

Catherine Chandler (the daughter of long-time friends of mine) has written an article for the San Francisco Examiner on the current Houdini exhibition in San Francisco. Titled "'Will Wonders Never Cease?', Houdini: Art & Magic at the CJM in San Francisco", the article is online at http://www.examiner.com/fine-arts-museu ... -francisco .

(Yes, it is the 85th, not the 95th, anniversary of Houdini's death, or else this is the year 2021 and we just don't know it.) It's a good read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

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Yes, Houdini was the first man to fly in Australia.

Hello,

Catherine Chandler (the daughter of long-time friends of mine) has written an article for the San Francisco Examiner on the current Houdini exhibition in San Francisco. Titled "'Will Wonders Never Cease?', Houdini: Art & Magic at the CJM in San Francisco", the article is online at http://www.examiner.com/fine-arts-museu ... -francisco .

(Yes, it is the 85th, not the 95th, anniversary of Houdini's death, or else this is the year 2021 and we just don't know it.) It's a good read.

Cheers,

Jack
http://www.editing.org.uk/tanis/collectibles.htm

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First cat to fly on the internet?