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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,

TQS on an off-white 5 x 3 lined card, from an interview in Time magazine in 1958, signed at the conclusion in black felt tip, “Wernher von Braun.” Quo

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

Color 14 x 9.5 photo of von Braun, Dale Meyers, and a couple at a cocktail party affixed to a 19.5 x 15.5 mount, signed and inscribed in black felt ti

Commemorative cover, 8.75 x 5.75, with a cachet honoring Soviet space program, signed in ink by the first 10 Soviet cosmonauts. Signers are: Yuri Gaga

Signed book: Star City, 1977. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5, 182 pages. Signed in ink on the inside front cover and first free end page by 30 cosmonauts. Sig

Two items: color glossy 4.75 x 7 photo of Alexei Leonov in his spacesuit signed and inscribed in black ink; and a color glossy 9.5 x 6 group photo of

Five items: ink and felt tip signatures of Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Vladimir Titov on individual off-white cards; a 4 x 5.75 postcard ph

Signed booklet, Soviet Space Research, Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, Moscow, 1975. Softcover, 4.25 x 6.5, 64 pages. Signed in felt tip or bal

Ten KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and cancelled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space mi

Glossy 7 x 5.5 photo of the two-man crew of Salyut 4, signed in blue ballpoint “P. Klimuk” and in black felt tip “V. Sevastyanov, 23.06.76.” A few sma

Vintage glossy 6 x 4 group photo, signed in ink by Yuri Gargarin, Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Pavel Popovich. In very good condition, with

Amazing annotated notes, four pages (three printed on two sides), 7.5 x 10.5, notes penned by Yuri Gagarin, the first astronaut. The document represen

Russian cosmonaut postcard booklet, from the personal collection of Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham, 6.5 x 4, bearing 17 postcard photos of various c

Six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and cancelled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space mi

Flight-flown Russian Soyuz Sokol KV-2 pressurized crew ‘rescue’ suit including helmet, gloves, boots, and slip-ons, as made by Zvedza for Soyuz cosmon

Vintage matte-finish 8.5 x 11 photo of Gagarin in uniform, signed in black felt tip at the lower white border. Affixed to a same-size piece of cardsto

Highly unusual 7 x 9.5 unsigned photo of Gagarin in military dress affixed to a same-sized board. The image of Gagarin is printed on a soft-textured b

Pass to a Russian event, 4.25 x 2.5, from 1962, signed on the reverse in blue ink by Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov. In very good condition, with scat

Vintage ink signature of Gagarin on an off-white 5.75 x 4 card. A small image of Gagarin is affixed to the right side of the card. In fine condition w

Kniga cover, 6.5 x 3.75, postmarked at Moscow on January 10, 1964, signed in the upper left in black ink. In fine condition.

Soviet Union souvenir stamp, 3.75 x 2.75, honoring the Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 missions, signed in ink by Vladimir Shatalov, Boris Volynov, Aleksei Yelise

Commemorative postal envelope, 6.25 x 4.5, with a cachet honoring Soviet space flight, signed in blue ink by Gherman Titov. In fine condition, with li

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

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Kubasov in his space suit, signed in black felt tip in Cyrillic and again in English “/V. Kubasov/ ASTP SOYUZ 6, 36.” In

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed in Russian in black felt tip, with Leonov also printing his name in English, and adding “First man walk in spa

Unique composite print, 9.25 x 22.25, entitled Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov—The First Spacewalker, signed in black felt tip by Leonov who has added “Voskh

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Tereshkova in her space suit, signed in black felt tip, adding “First woman in space,” and “Vostok-6 16.06–19.06 19

Two identical 8 x 10 cardstock photos of Tereshkova in her spacesuit and helmet, one signed on the front in black ink, in Russian, adding “Vostok-6, 9

Titanium cover from the North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie, 24.75 x 17.5 with a 27-inch long extension piece and weighing 22.2 pounds. The cover i

Presented is a large piece of wreckage, approximately 8 x 5.5 x 4.5, from the November 15, 1967, crash of the X-15A-3 that killed pilot Michael Adams.

Signed book: The Society of Experimental Test Pilots History. First edition. Covina, California: Taylor Publishing Company, 1978. Hardcover, 9 x 11.5,

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...

Vintage M-2 cover postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base, signed in black felt tip “Bill Dana.” Removably presented on a color 8.5 x 11 informational sh

Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Dana in the Dyna-Soar trainer in flight, signed in black felt tip “Bill Dana.” In fine condition, with a few bends.

Unique and comical 1963 USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School diploma, presented to Faith Freeman, 10.5 x 8, signed at the bottom, “Charles E. Yeager C

Scale model of Yeager’s X-1 aircraft, signed on the wing in black felt tip by Yeager. Accompanied by a photo taken at time of signing and the original

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

Two signed glossy 8 x 10 US Air Force publicity portraits of the first two X-15 pilots to attain the rank of astronauts, respectively signed and inscr

Color satin-finish 14 x 10 photo of all seven Mercury astronauts in their flight gear with a jet in the background, signed vertcally in ink, “Scott Ca

Vintage semi-glossy color 8.25 x 10.5 photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts standing before an Atlas rocket nose cone signed vertically in various inks “A

Signed book: This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. Washington, D. C.: US Government Printing Office, 1966. Hardcover, 7 x 10, 681 pages. Signe

Original program, 5.5 x 7, four pages on two adjoining sheets, honoring the Project Mercury flight of Scott Carpenter on May 24, 1962. Signed vertical

Unsigned softcover book entitled “Project Mercury,” first edition, first printing, issued by Scholastic Press in February 1961, shortly before Alan Sh

ANS signed “Al Shepard,” written at the bottom of a one-page Air Force memo, 8.5 x 11, dated August 18, 1967. The memo is informing Joe Garino (the as

Signed book: Moon Shot. First edition, first printing. Atlanta: Turner Publishing Inc., 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 383 pages. Signe

Signed book: America’s First Spaceman by Jewel Spangler Smaus and Charles B. Spangler. Later printing. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1962. Hardcov

Booklet entitled ‘What to Do and See in the Cape Canaveral Area,’ 5.5 x 8.5, 47 pages. The publication served as visitor’s handbook to Florida. Creasi

NASA Project Mercury informational booklet, 8.5 x 11, headed on the front page, “Mercury Control Center, Mercury Network,” nine pages. Booklet is boun

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the first anniversary of Glenn’s flight, signed in black felt tip “John Glenn,” and also signed by the capt

Two-page NASA memorandum and a 110-page complete transcript of John Glenn’s MA-6 Mercury flight aboard Friendship 7. Memo introduces the transcript as