I was doing some online research, and was really suprised to find a contemporary thread about William Whitney Christmas, the General Development Co., and his flying wing- monoplane.
I believe I have the General Development Company's retained typescript of their illustrated patent application for this aircraft.
It's in the company's buckram binding, stamped in gilt on front cover: "General Development Company. Inventions of William Whitney Christmas. Vol. I." [no evidence of a volume II being issued]. It is labeled "Confidential," and is signed and dated by William Whitney Christmas, May 13, 1930.
He is listed as the "inventor" on all 59 of the "photostat" blueprints, but I've read somewhere, that someone else actually did the drawings.
I'm not sure if this response adds much to the thread, but I was curious about the nature of the continued interest, and couldn't resist responding.
I bought it on eBay a few years ago, because I thought it was interesting, and it's been on the shelf in my office ever since.
Sounds like there is likely a more appropriate collector out there that might appreciate this more than I do, but I've never been sure where to go with it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Bibliophile1