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ALS, one page, 8.25 x 11, Wright Brothers, 1127 W. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio letterhead, March 25, 1910. Letter to M. Paul Tissandier. In full: “We a

Group lot: nine vintage silver gelatin prints, ranging in size from 3.5 x 5 to 4.75 x 6.75, featuring two portraits of Wilbur in a suit and hat and tw

Rare vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait, signed in the bottom border in fountain pen, “Yours truly, Wilbur Wright.” Affixed to a 13.5 x 10.5 card

Fabulous vintage matte-finish 9 x 6 oversized photo of the Wright Brothers first flight, signed and inscribed in black ink to his cousin, “To Elizabet

Four items: ALS in pencil signed “O. Wright,” one lightly-lined page, 8.25 x 5.5, Hotel Gassion letterhead. Wright writes to his student, Mr. Tissandi

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, December 21, 1935. Brief letter to Reverend H. Randel Lookabill. In full: “I thank you for your letter

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, Dayton, Ohio, December 6, 1930. Wright responds to Luke Christopher, Secretary of the Contest Committ

Crisp Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and boldly signed by Wright, payable to The Rike-Kumler Company for $3.00, Janu

Two original unsigned Christmas cards from Orville Wright. The first card measures 5 x 4 closed, with an embossed Christmas candle on front with text

Hand-addressed mailing envelope, addressed in Wright’s hand to “Rev. H. R. Lookabill, Greentown, Indiana,” with Lookabill noting in pencil, “From Orvi

Rare vintage glossy 6 x 4.5 photo of Orville watching as Katharine feeds hay to a cow, affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount, signed and inscri

Pristine vintage ink signature on a yellow 5 x 4.5 album page. In fine condition, with a collector’s notation along the right edge.

Original wing fabric swatch, 2 x 2, excised from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B. The red swatch is affixed to a 15 x 20 piece of textured cov...

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 11 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To George Wingay, With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh, June 3, 1927.” Pho

Remarkable and historically significant ALS written in pencil, signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” one page, 8.25 x 6, dated at the bottom March 2, 1932. L

TLS signed “C. A. Lindbergh,” one page, 8 x 10, Long Barn, Weald letterhead, September 28, 1937. Letter to Timothy Burns. In full: “Thank you very muc

Carbon DS, signed “C. A. Lindbergh,” 8 x 10.5, June 19, 1972. A carbon copy of an Airman Medical Certificate, filled out by Lindbergh and filed with t

Vintage matte-finish 13.75 x 10.75 photo of a relaxed Lindbergh standing in a motorboat, his hands in his pockets, flanked by two other men, signed in

Special commemorative dinner menu honoring Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, given by the citizens of New Orleans at the Roosevelt Hotel on October 8, 192

Italian aviation and dirigible pioneer (1877–1926) who was the first person to cross the Alps in an airship. Vintage 4.75 x 6.75 silver gelatin photo,

Nostalgic color limited edition 28 x 20 print entitled ‘Lindbergh Arrives Over Paris,’ May 21, 1927, numbered #54/100, signed in the bottom border in

Gigantic and very rare section of aircraft fabric taken from one of von Richthofen’s fighter aircrafts. The section of lacquered fabric measures 32 x

American aviator responsible for creating the first experimental aluminum plane in 1909. Exemplary vintage 6.5 x 4.5 photo of the pioneer in his metal

Canadian aviation pioneer (1886–1961). McCurdy flew the first plane in Canada, simultaneously becoming the first British subject to man such a craft.

Accident-prone naval airship that was lost in a weather-related accident on April 4, 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crew and passengers on board. Commemor

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of an artist’s rendering of the acclaimed pilot, displayed on a slightly larger informational paperstock mount, sign

Three items: TLS signed “E. V. Rickenbacker,” 7.25 x 10.5, Eastern Air Lines letterhead. Rickenbacker writes to Captain Rene Charles of the Les Ailes

The World in the Air by Francis Trevelyan, second volume. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.5, 336 pages. Includes a unique history of

Flown red, white, and blue American flag, 12 x 8. This relic is one of the original private US flags that accompanied Hughes on his world-record break

Collection of 47 color lithographed Wills Cigarette insert cards, issued in 1910 by the Imperial Tobacco Co, measuring 1.25 x 2.5 or 2.5 x 1.25. Each

Restricted training manual entitled “The B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual for the Superfortress,” 8 x 10.5, 177 pages, bound by three holes pu

An incredibly rare and visually striking Indian Head insignia salvaged from a French-made Spad biplane from the 93rd Aero Squadron. This enormous piec

Noted pilot who flew fighter missions in both World War II and Korea and later became a test pilot. White leather covered fighter hard shell helmet co

Limited edition set of three lithographs, #1097/1200, one 16.5 x 24 and two 6.25 x 24 from the 1987 Gathering of Eagles. The two smaller prints are si

Spectacular color glossy 8 x 10 photo featuring Kittinger seconds after launching himself into the open air, boldly signed in black felt tip. In fine

US Navy Miniature British and French Ship Models Mk.1 Supplement, with original wooden carrying case with the spaces for 22 models, with 16 models inc

Archive consisting of five items relating to the Hindenburg. Archive includes: A swatch of singed treated fabric, approximately 3 x 2, recovered from

Original and large CBI (China-Burma-India) theater of war scrapbook, compiled by Colonel Ralph Marshall during his tour of duty in World War II, while

Unbelievably rare ‘Sacred Cow’ flight patch worn by its flight engineer Fred Winslow. Patch measures 4.75? in diameter and depicts a flying white cow

One-of-a-kind hand-painted eight-inch diameter “Satan’s Angles,” theater patch made for a P-38 Lightning pilot. Center of the patch bears an image of

Rare leather 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron A-2 flight jacket belonging to Lieutenant James Ayers. Leather jacket, size 38, bears a manufac

B-24 pilot with the 506th Bomb Squadron during World War II. Shot down over France, he eluded capture and fought alongside the French Resistance until

Cardenas’s personally-owned and-worn Experimental Test Sample L-2 flight jacket. Navy blue jacket bears an “Experimental Test Sample Clothing Branch”

Everest’s Experimental Test Laboratory Type L-2 jacket. Early and uncommon green jacket has a label sewn inside the collar which reads, “Experimental

Decorated Air Force officer who flew combat missions in the European and CBI theaters, who later became a test pilot, and once held the distinction of

Flight jacket belonging to Frank Everest. Olive drab jacket features a wool lining, fur collar, two diagonal front pockets, a pen pocket to left sleev

Type A-2 leather flight jacket belonging to 58th Wing 509th Composite Group member W. M. Staub. Jacket, size 38, bears a manufacturer’s label inside w

Original World War II US Army Air Forces B-15 flight jacket. Olive drab standard pattern flight jacket, size 38, bears a label inside of collar which

Scarce original leather Type A-2 bombers jacket from a former member of the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group. Leather jacket bears a manufacturer’s

Incredibly rare and original Flying Tigers ‘Hump’ A-2 pilot’s jacket. Brown goatskin leather jacket bears a manufacturer’s label inside of collar and

Leather Type A-2 flying jacket belonging to a Sergeant Smith of the 303rd Bomb Group. Jacket is a size 38 and has a manufacturer’s label sewn inside o

Signed book: Astronautical Engineering and Science. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1963. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 394 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black i

Russian physicist (1857–1935) who pioneered the study of rocketry and cosmonautics and whose discoveries were of crucial importance in the development

Flown inlet ‘flap’ valve strip from the Klappenregister of an Argus pulse jet that was part of a propulsion unit of a V-1 flying bomb. Shutter type va

A liquid oxygen injector from a V-2 rocket motor. Injector is shadowboxed against an informational background and framed to an overall size of 4.5 x 4

Printed report submitted to von Braun, one page, 8 x 10.5, headed at the top, “Notes 1-7-63 Stuhlinger,” with several pencil notations by von Braun, e

Five small relics taken from five different launch complexes at Cape Canaveral. Relics are: metal from the Pad 5 gantry; cableway from the Complex 14

Austrian-German aerospace engineer (1905–1964). Original German issue of the 1934 German Rocket Society publication, ‘Flug Zeitschrift fur dat Gesamte

Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of von Braun behind his desk, signed and inscribed in black ink “For Melanie Roddam, with the very best wishes—Wernher von

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, June 8, 1954. Letter to Commander Robert Brooks of the Pasadena Air Force Association. In part: “Thank you very much for y

DS, in Spanish, signed by Gagarin in red ink on the line designating him “Presidente,” one page, 5.75 x 3.75, Moscow, no date [but 1965]. The document

An actual orientation liquid fuel engine (11D428A) complete with the fuel valve assembly that was used as a part of united engine installation with a

Flown stainless steel Omega Speedmaster professional wristwatch, worn by cosmonaut Anatoly Artsebarsky during his five months on the MIR space station

Rare flown Russian Soyuz Forel Immersion suit taken by Poleshchuk on TM-16 to the Mir space station. The suit is intended to be used in the case of a

Flown Soyuz TMA-6 capsule forward-looking porthole. Porthole and frame measure 14? in diameter, and was used by the flight engineer during the docking

Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended missions aboard Mir and the International Space Station, who has also performed eight spacewalks. Cosmo

Flown recovery beacon antenna cover, flown aboard the Soyuz TMA-1 mission. Cover measures approximately 15? in diameter and is composed of ebonite and

Flown Soyuz TMA-3 YAW thrusters-engines holder. Piece measures approximately 9 x 7 and is made of a composite of ebonite, carbon fiber, and glass. Pie

Mir Space Station “Merkurii” control panel used during cosmonaut training. Panel measures 12.5 x 9 x 9 and was used for the Sigma telescope from 1990–

A revolving orbital map, most likely used on the Salyut space station training mockup. Color map of the world, measures 38? long, is affixed to a clot

Vibrant color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Tereshkova posing in her white spacesuit, signed in black felt tip in English and Russian, “First woman in

Color limited edition 32 x 17.75 poster entitled ‘Seagull,’ by Leonov, numbered AP #19/95, signed in the bottom border in pencil by both, with someone

Complete training-used Sokol III ‘Strizh’ made as a launch and re-entry suit for the Russian ‘Buran’ space shuttle. Suit includes: black leather lace

Used Hydrogen Peroxide Thruster engine, 9 x 6 x 1.5, used on one of the Soyuz 7K-OK spacecrafts (1966–1971). Capsules of this design were planned for

Right-hand glove from an Orlan EVA spacesuit, #10KC-0390022, is complete with an outer thermal-insulated nylon canvas, pebbled rubber palm and finger

Possibly-unique flown Soviet space wrench, flown on Soyuz TM-14,measuring approximately 19? long. C-shaped wrench features a free moving spring six-p

Limited-edition flown commemorative cover honoring the X-15 Rocket Pilots, #1115/1500, flown over Edwards AFB by X-15 pilot Joe Engle, signed in penci

Flown limited edition signed book: Robert Hutchings Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Limited edition of 1926 copies (This being No. 67). Worcester, M

X-15 Pilot Rescue manual, issued by NASA’s Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, hardcover six-ring binder, 6 x 8, 80 pages. This manual outl

Eye-catching X-15 contractor’s model. Composite model measures 15? long with all of the appropriate decals and comes with its original clear Lucite No

Flown nose cone from an external fuel tank for an X-15 A-2 rocket plane. Aluminum construction tank measures approximately 23? high with a diameter of

Chief Engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center from 1993 to 1998. Formerly an aerospace research pilot, Dana flew the F-100 variable sta...

Twenty unsigned photos, various finishes, almost all measuring 8 x 10 or 10 x 8, of various experimental aircraft. In fine condition.

Three photos: color satin-finish 10 x 8 of Robert White posing in his silver suit by an X-15 aircraft, signed in black felt tip, “Best Wishes, Robert

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Yeager emerging from the hatch of the Glamorous Glennis, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a couple trivial sur

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Robert White dressed in his flight suit and standing next to his X-15, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Bernard S

Color vintage glossy 10 x 8 double weight photo of Crossfield standing in front of his X–15, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Arthur Shackman,

Stunning satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the X-15 aircraft, signed vertically in black felt tip by Neil Armstrong and pilots Milt Thompson, Bob White, Jo

Vintage glossy 9 x 7 NASA photo taken on October 5, 1960 and numbered E-5931, of Armstrong and five others posing in front of one of their jets, signe

Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts with a model of a rocket, inscribed in blue ballpoint in the upper right in Shepard’s ha

Famous color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the entire Mercury 7 crew posing by an aircraft, signed vertically in ink by “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Gordon Cooper,”

Limited edition color satin-finish 10 x 8 composite photo of Mercury astronauts Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, and Wally Schirra, number

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Schirra, dressed in his Mercury space suit, exiting an elevator, signed in blue felt tip, “Wally Schirra, Mercury Atlas 8 Comma

Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA head-and-shoulders photo, signed in blue ballpoint, “W. M. Schirra, Jr.” In fine condition, with tack hole to top border and

Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Schirra posing in his spacesuit before a wall-sized world map and a model of the Mercury capsule, signed in blue felt tip.

Superb glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard posing in his silver spacesuit and helmet, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 NASA head-and-shoulders photo of Shepard posing in front of a model rocket, signed and inscribed in black ink “To Steven—Alan B.

Vintage color 8 x 10 NASA head-and-shoulders photo, signed in black felt tip, “With warm regards—Alan B. Shepard, Jr.” In fine condition, with a singl

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 NASA full-length photo of Shepard standing outside in his Mercury flight suit, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “To Mother

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock head-and-shoulders photo, signed in black felt tip, “Deke K. Slayton.” In fine condition, with two trivial dings to