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The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans generally credited with building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, they developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of "three axis-control," which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method became standard on fixed wing aircraft of all kinds. From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers focused on unlocking the secrets of control to conquer "the flying problem," rather than developing more powerful engines as some other experimenters did. Their careful wind tunnel tests produced better aeronautical data than any before, enabling them to design and build wings and propellers more effective than any before. They gained the mechanical skills essential for their success by working for years in their shop with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery. Their work with bicycles in particular influenced their belief that an unstable vehicle like a flying machine could be controlled and balanced with practice. The Wright brothers' status as inventors of the airplane has been subject to counter-claims by various parties. Much controversy persists over the many competing claims of early aviators.

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Original Orville Wright Autograph signed on a First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903 Kitty Hawk, N.C. Print. Regular Price - $ 7500.00 / Sale Price - $ 2250.00.

Amelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared deceased 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and women's rights advocate. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, which she was awarded as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, a women's pilots' organization. Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight in 1937. Intense public fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

Roger Quincy Williams was born April 30, 1894 - Died August 12, 1976. Roger was an American aviator, born in Brooklyn, New York. In July 1929 Williams, with Lewis Yancey, broke the over-water flying record by making a non-stop flight from Old Orchard Beach, Maine to Santander, Spain. The 3,400 mile flight took 31 hours and 30 minutes. After minor repairs in Spain, the Bellanca monoplane continued on to Rome. Williams worked as a barnstormer in the 1920s and a test pilot in the 1930s. During World War I, Williams served with the U.S. Army Air Corps. Between 1942 and 1946 Williams served with the U.S. Army Air Force. Williams was the author of Flying to the Moon and Halfway Back (1949), and established his own school, The Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics. He designed the Yankee Aerocoupe. In 1971, Williams received an Aviation Hall of Fame award from the OX-5 Club. Williams died in Alameda, California. A pioneer in helicopter aviation, a world-record holder, and a nurturing and gentle father, Jack L. Zimmerman was a man of bravery and integrity. During each phase of his life, he built his foundation for success on the principles of the Scout Oath. Eager to take advantage of developments in vertical flight, the Army gathered experienced pilots at Freeman Field, Indiana, to teach them the basics of helicopter piloting in the Sikorsky R-4B its cutting-edge aircraft. As one of those men sent to basic helicopter training, Jack became a member of the Army's first helicopter class. Aviation firsts were established constantly during the pioneering days of vertical flight. The concept was so novel, in fact, that not even all military personnel were familiar with it. When Jack made the first helicopter landing at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, in 1944, the sailors didn't know what to make of the strange bird roosting there! Following his training, Jack was assigned to the 1st Aircraft Repair Unit Floating (ARU-F), whose mission was to create a floating repair facility for Army Air Corps aircraft. The new helicopter was used to transport repair parts from ship to shore. After the war, Jack took a job with an aeronautic engineer who was working on a new type of helicopter. He eventually became a test pilot for the developing aeronautical technology. In 1955, Jack and his partner a Cessna helicopter became the first to successfully land and take off from the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. Among his other astonishing feats in a helicopter were seven world records set for speed, altitude, and distance, two of which still stand!

Original Emelia Earhart Autograph Signed on an Envelope. This envelope is has a total of Four Autographs: Amelia Earhart, Roger Q. Williams, J.M. Keith Miller and Jack L. Zimmerman Colonel. New York Aircraft Salon Madison Square Garden Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce May 3, 10th Envelope. Post Marked: New York, N.Y. May 6, 1930 10-pm. Addressed to: Leonard Levy 8541-101 Street Richmond Hill New York. The envelope does have a tear - starts just above the L in Leonard Levy and continues to the bottom of envelope. Regular Price - $ 1260.00 / Sale Price - $ 595.00.

Clarence Duncan Chamberlin (November 11, 1893 – October 30, 1976) was the second man to solo pilot across the Atlantic Ocean, and he was the first to carry a passenger. Aviation Records: 1927 Endurance record by circling New York City for 51 hours and 11 minutes with Bert Acosta. 1927 First ship-to-shore flight, when he flew a mail plane to New York City from the deck of a ship 120 miles at sea. 1927 Second nonstop transatlantic flight, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Eisleben, Germany, a distance of 3,911 miles, in 42 hours and 31 minutes. 1927 First transatlantic passenger.

Original Clarence Chamberlin Autograph, Signed on Cut Paper. Regular Price - $ 299.00 / Sale Price - $ 198.00.

Commemorative Envelops with the Autographs of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Hawks, Robert O.D. Sullivan, Herbert Hoover and James St. Loraine. Eddie Rickenbacker - (October 8, 1890–July 27, 1973) was best known as a fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation. During his lifetime, Rickenbacker worked with many influential civilian and military leaders. He had keen insight into technology, and vision for future improvements. Among other events, he participated in or observed Armistice Day on the Western Front. Frank Monroe Hawks (March 28, 1897 - August 23, 1938) was a Lieutenant Commander in World War I and a record holding aviator who was killed in an air crash. Robert O.D. Sullivan - flew from New York to Marseilles, France, to make his first flight across the Atlantic Jan. 28, 1928. He made his "100" flight across the Atlantic. Herbert Hoover - Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted economic modernization. In the presidential election of 1928 Hoover easily won the Republican nomination. The nation was prosperous and optimistic, leading to a landslide for Hoover over the Democrat Al Smith, a Catholic whose religion was distrusted by many. Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement (a major component of the Progressive Era), arguing that there were technical solutions to all social and economic problems. That position was challenged by the Great Depression, which began in 1929, the first year of his presidency. He tried to combat the Depression with volunteer efforts and government action, none of which produced economic recovery during his term. The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward spiral into deep Depression, compounded by popular opposition to prohibition. James St. Loraine - Pilot first Passenger Plane Aug. 1, 1931.

Commemorative Envelops with the Autographs of: Earle Ovington, C.E. Rosendahl, and Ruth Elder. Earle Ovington -Prior to his training as a pilot Ovington had worked as an engineering assistant to Thomas A. Edison in New Jersey. The first air mail flights and the passenger carrying planes from transcontinental to transoceanic remind us that the first official air mail pilot in the U.S. was from Newton! In September, 1911 the big event at the Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet at Squantum Airfield was a $10,000 inter-city flight competition sponsored by the Boston Globe, The flight rules of the race required the four contestants to fly a circuitous route over the cities of Nashua, Worcester, Providence and back to Squantum. One of the competitors was Earle Ovington of Newton who was piloting a 100 horsepower Bleriot monoplane which he had learned to fly at the Bleriot Aviation School in Pau, France in 1906. He was easily the winner of the race, the only one of the four contestants to complete the 174 mile course. C.E. Rosendahl - was an admiral in the United States Navy and an advocate of lighter than air flight. Designated a Naval Aviator in November 1924, Lieutenant Commander Rosendahl served in the dirigible Shenandoah, and distinguished himself by successfully bringing part of the shattered airship safely to earth after she broke up in the air on 3 September 1925 over Noble County, Ohio. He next was Executive Officer, and later Commanding Officer, of the dirigible Los Angeles and took part in long-range flights on board the German commercial airship Graf Zeppelin. In 1930 Rosendahl was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics, in Washington, D.C., and in 1931-1932 commanded the new dirigible Akron. Ruth Elder - She made up her mind that she would be the first "Lady Lindy," the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Her stage critics and others immediately held her in ridicule when she made her announcement. Some called her proposed flight a publicity stunt, prompted by Lindbergh's success and designed to help her acting career. In part, they were probably right. The publicity generated by her announcement was good exposure for her career. Had the flight been successful, Elder would have been the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Unfortunately, bad weather and a leaking oil line forced the two to ditch in the Atlantic 300 miles short of their goal. They were rescued by a passing ship and, although they had been unsuccessful, they were treated as national and international heroes. They were even accorded the ultimate hero's welcome, a tickertape parade through the streets of New York City.

Original Autographs of: Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Hawks, Robert O.D. Sullivan, Herbert Hoover, James St. Loraine, Earle Ovington, C.E. Rosendahl, and Ruth Elder. All Six Commemorative Envelopes: Regular Price - $ 1200.00 / Sale Price - $795.00. Included as a free gift is this First Flight Commemorative Signed Envelope, we have been unable to determine the signature. As of now it is a mystery!

General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, Sc.D. USAF (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served with as a general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, earning the Medal of Honor as the commander of the Doolittle Raid. Original J.H. Doolittle Autographed Postcard. Regular Price - $ 1800.00 / Sale Price - $ 395.00.

Original J.H. Doolittle Autographed Shell Petroleum Corporation Business Card. (Doolittle signed back of card) The embossed Shell Logo is seen on Business Card. Regular Price - $ 1800.00 / Sale Price - $ 495.00.

Captain Walter A. Lundin U. S. Navy Fighter Pilot. Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on July 7, 1941. On November 9, 1942 Walter transferred to the U.S. Navy. In November 1943 Walter was assigned to Fighter Squadron Fifteen flying F6F Hellcats and proceeded to the forward area aboard the U.S.S. Essex. The squadron participated in the Marianas campaign, flew initial strikes against Palau, the Philippines and Formosa, and was engaged in the first and second battles of the Philippine Sea. In December 1944 the Air Group returned to the United States. Tally Record: 6 1/2 kills. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Gold Star. Original Walter A. Lundin Autograph, signed on a Photocopied page about Walter A. Lundin. Approx. size 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Regular Price - $ 48.00 / Sale Price - $ 24.95.

Ernst Willi Messerschmid was born May 21, 1945. Ernst Messerschmid is a German physicist and former astronaut. After his spaceflight he became a professor at the Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme at the University of Stuttgart. Since 1999, he is head of the European Astronaut Center in Cologne. In January 2005, he returned to the University of Stuttgart teaching on subjects of Astronautics and Space Stations. Original Ernst Messerschmid Autograph, signed on a 3 x 5 inch purple Index Card. Regular Price - $ 145.00 / Sale Price - $ 65.00.

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was born July 18, 1921. John Glenn is a retired United States Marine Corps pilot, a former astronaut and United States Senator who was the first American and third person to orbit the Earth. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program, NASA's original astronaut group. He orbited the Earth on Friendship 7 in 1962. After retiring from NASA, he entered politics as a Democrat and represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1974 to 1999. Glenn received a Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978 and was inducted into the Astronauts Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1998, he became the oldest person to fly in space, and the only one to fly in both the Mercury and Shuttle programs, when at age 77, he flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-95). Glenn and M. Scott Carpenter are the last surviving members of the Mercury Seven. Original John Glenn Autograph, signed on Color 8 x 10 inch Photo. Regular Price - $ 485.00 / Sale Price -$ 295.00.

Earle Lewis Ovington was born December 20, 1879 - died July 21, 1936. Ovington was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States in a Blériot XI in 1911. He carried a sack of mail from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New York. He circled at 500 feet and tossed the bag over the side of the cockpit and the sack burst on impact, scattering letters and postcards. He delivered 640 letters and 1,280 postcards, including a letter to himself from the United States Postal Service designating him as "Official Air Mail Pilot #1. Original Earle Ovington Autograph, signed on a Flight Log Page. Approx. size 3 3/4 x 6 1/4. You also receive shown 8 1/2 x 11 inch print of Earle Ovington. Regular Price - $ 395.00 / Sale Price - $ 95.00.

Douglas Corrigan was born January 22, 1907 – died December 9, 1995. Douglas Corrigan was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of the builders of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) and had made several modifications to his own plane, preparing it for his transatlantic flight. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was obviously deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally. Original Douglas Corrigan Autograph, signed on Notebook Paper. Approx. size 4 1/2 x 6 inches. This has been folded in the middle. You will also receive the shown 8 1/2 x 11 inch internet print of Douglas Corrigan. Regular Price - $ 295.00 / Sale Price - $ 195.00.

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the last mission in the Apollo program and was the first joint flight of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. The mission took place in July 1975. For the United States of America, it was the last Apollo flight, as well as the last manned space launch until the flight of the first Space Shuttle in April 1981. Though the Test Project included several scientific missions (including an engineered eclipse of the Sun by Apollo for Soyuz to take photographs of the solar corona), and provided engineering information on the synchronization of American and Soviet space technology that would prove useful in the future Shuttle-Mir Program, the primary purpose of the mission was symbolic. ASTP was seen as a symbol of the policy of détente (relaxing or easing) that the two superpowers were beginning to adopt at the time, and as a fitting end to the tension of the Space Race. This was the first flight of Deke Slayton, who was chosen as one of the original Mercury Seven Astronauts in April 1959.

The last Apollo Mission was a joint affair with the Russian Soyuz Project. Manned by 3 Americans: Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand & Deke Slayton as well as 2 Russians: Alexi Leonev & Valeri Kubasov. Great Lot - includes: A First Day Cover signed by all 3 Americans. Signed on 3 x 5 index Cards are the Autographs of the 2 Russians: Alexi Leonev and Valeri Kubasov. Also included are 2 First Day Covers honoring the mission. Finally a very nice 8 x 11 inch color print of a rendition of the two spacecrafts joining in space. Regular Price - $ 995.00 / Sale Price - $ 750.00.