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Collection of ten commemorative covers, each with stamped or printed cachets, with some commemorating first flights, and four honoring visits or lectu

Original program, 9 x 12, 84 pages, for the National Charity Air pageant held on October 8–9, 1933, at Roosevelt Field, New York. Great program full o

DS, signed “Hugh L. Dryden,” one page, 8 x 10, 1932. As president of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Dryden authorizes a Certificate of Me

Four signed vintage glossy and postcard photos, 3.5 x 5.5 and 5.5 x 3.5, each signed in ink by the respective aviator pictured. Signers are: Claude Gr

Two items: TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, July 6, 1968. Short letter to an admirer. In part: “Thank you for including me among your col

Two commemorative covers, both commemorating “First to fly ‘blind’ relying solely on instruments,” one with a stamped cachet honoring the first annive

Offered here is the unique and exceptional John McHale Collection of Aviation Pioneers. Spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s, this enormous and colorf

Detailed archive consisting of a collection of letters, notes, and drawings relating to Dr. R. Finley Hunt's invention of a flying machine which...

Signed book: 20 Hrs. 40 Min: Our Flight in Friendship. Limited ‘Author’s autograph edition’ of 150 copies (this copy No. 71). NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons,

Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring Earhart’s arrival at New York after becoming the first woman to cross the Atlantic alone, sponsored

Commemorative air mail cover with a stamped cachet honoring the first amphibian flight from Cleveland to Detroit over Lake Erie on May 14, 1929, and s

Sophisticated vintage glossy head-and-shoulders photo, neatly trimmed to 6.5 x 8.5, signed in fountain pen, “Amelia Earhart.” Photo appears to be moun

Outstanding vintage sepia glossy 8 x 10 photo of Earhart posing before her Lockheed Model 5B Vega, the plane in which she made her historic flight in

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

Signed book: The Fun of It. First edition, first printing. NY: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1932. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 218 pages. Signed on the first

Scarce and impressive flight-flown commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The

TLS signed “Charles,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 9, 1957. Letter to Billy Wilder regarding Wilder’s film The Spirit of St. Louis. In full: “I have just

Signed book: WE. First edition, first printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 318 pages. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen

Signed book: WE. Authors Autograph limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No: 696). NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 308 pages.

ALS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” one page, 5.25 x 7.25, personal letterhead, April 23, 1935. Letter to British author, Harold Nicolson, concerning s

ALS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, personal letterhead, December 25, 1928. Letter to Bill McCracken. In full: “I am enclosing a

First female pilot to fly in Canada. Three items: vintage glossy 6.5 x 4.5 photo of McKey behind the controls of a plane, signed in black ink, “July 3

Eight commemorative covers, all with stamped or type cachets, mostly regarding various first flights, with one bearing typed information regarding Ric

Former lab assistant to Thomas Edison (1879–1936) who, in 1911, made the first official airmail flight in the United States. Collection of 33 items co

Two items: Senate of the State of New York air mail mailing envelope, 6 x 3.5, postmarked January 1, 1931, signed along the top in fountain pen by Roo

Pioneer aviation engineer (1889–1972) who developed the first four-engine airplane and the first modern helicopter to be put into widespread use. Six

Vintage glossy 8 x 5 unsigned photo of Post posing in front of the Winnie Mae after his flight around the world. Notation on the reverse reads, “Landi

DS, signed “A. C. Read,” one page, 10 x 15, November 19, 1941. In part: “United States Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Know all men by these pre

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

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,

A 2 x 2 section of the wing fabric of the Wright EX biplane Vin Fiz, affixed to 14.25 x 19.5 linen-textured print featuring a 10 x 8 photograph of the

Rare, un-numbered and signed collection of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation's 1928 Flights hand-colored lithograph set, depicting historic fe...

Program, 7.5 x 10.75, for “A Celebration in Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright,” held at the Edison Institute in Dearborn, Michigan on April 16, 1938,

Original 2.5 x 2.5 swatch from the 1903 Kitty Hawk Flyer, limited edition number 4 of 25, affixed to a 16 x 20 certificate from the Wright family auth

Two Christmas cards, respectively measuring 5 x 4 and 6.25 x 5.5 closed with each signed in type by Wright. The first card features an embossed Christ

City National Bank check, 8.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Orville Wright for $100.00, January 3, 1927. Check is

Original mailing envelope, 5.75 x 4.5, addressed by Orville Wright. In full: “Rev. H.R. Lookabill, Greentown, Indiana.” Lookabill has penciled “From O

Signed book: The Wright Brothers. First edition, later printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6 x 9, 340 pages. S

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 24, 1928. Letter to Gordon Dorrance, president of Dorrance and Company. In full: “I have your l

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 5.5, personal letterhead, December 14, 1938. Wright responds to an invitation by Albert T. Bell of Atlantic City, New Jersey. In

First flight cover with a cachet honoring the United States Air Mail First Flight—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—Route AM 1, signed on the front in fountain

First flight cover with a cachet honoring the first official flight of Canadian air mail from Ottawa to St. John in 1929, signed in the upper left in

Airport dedication cover with a cachet honoring the dedication of Nova Scotia’s airport on August 28, 1931, signed above the cachet in fountain pen, “

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 22, 1943. Letter to Reverend H. Randall Lookabill. In full: “I was pleased to receive your g

Fabulous vintage 6 x 8.5 half-length photo of an artist’s portrait of a seated Wright with his hands in his lap, signed and inscribed in fountain pen

Vintage 6.25 x 4.25 cardstock photo of the First Man Flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, signed in fountain pen. Double matted and framed to a

Pilot’s license, four pages, 3 x 4.25, May 27, 1926. Leatherbound pilot’s license, Certificate no. 6413, for Kenneth W. Montee, signed “Orville Wright

TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, The Wright Company letterhead, November 10, 1911. Letter to Lieutenant H. H. Arnold. In full: “Your letter of recent date se

NASA data sheet entitled Explorer-I and Jupiter-C, 6.25 x 9, one page both sides, signed in black felt tip by James Van Allen (signed “J. A. Van Allen

Unsigned partial manuscript in Tsiolkovsky’s hand, written in pencil (in Russian) on the reverse of an untranslated 8.25 x 11.5 typed sheet, no date,