Amidst the quad-hourly take offs of the New Standard D-25
, whose engine reverberated in the dying dusk, the day was capped with the Hudson River Valley Institute's presentation of a John Gould painting entitled "Albany Flier" to Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome--a day which ensured that the dusk would never truly set on Glenn Hammond Curtiss, whose aeronautical contributions to early aviation were instrumental in its development. Echoing Old Rhinebeck's very philosophy of "keep the dream alive," the day's special program, coupled with the five Curtiss aircraft in its collection, equally ensured that they would "keep his spirit alive."