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(PIONEER AVIATORS)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Science & Medicine (1930-Now) Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
(PIONEER AVIATORS)
Lot of three D.S.s, each 1p. 4to., New York, 1929 and 1930, all commercial documents on the letterhead of Churchill-Hall, Inc. Two of the documents are signed by CHARLES E. "CASEY" CASEY JONES, Pioneer American aviator, an early test pilot and Army Air Corps instructor during World War I, one endorsing a model plane the other Helbros watched. The third document is also an endorsement endorsing a Helbros watch, signed by WILLIAM WINSTON (1896-1948) Winston is acknowledged as having taught Charles Lindbergh the technical aspects of flying, although Lindbergh at a rudimentary knowledge of flying as a barnstormer before Army cadet Lindbergh arrived for flight training at Brooks Field in San Antonio. As Lindy put it: "Military training taught me precision and perfection of flying techniques". Three pieces, some glue staining, some mounted, overall very good. With period 8" x 10" portraits.