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MAJOR EDWARD V. "EDDIE" RICKENBACKER - ENVELOPE SIGNED 1929 - Edward Rickenbacker signs an envelope in black ink. Envelope signed: "Capt Eddie Rickenbacker", 6½x3¾. 5-cents Stamped form Chicago Ill. February 22, 1929 on a stamped cachet First Annual Aviators Reunion Washington's Birthday Aviation Post 1651.
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973) spelling his last name "Rickenbacher" before he changed the spelling to "Rickenbacker" in 1918. Rickenbacker, who became America's top flying ace in WWI, had started his career in the automobile industry, first in a garage and then at the Frayer-Miller automobile manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ohio. In 1907, he went to Firestone-Columbus Motor Car Company. In 1910, as Firestone's branch manager for the mid-West, he began racing the cars he was selling, and by 1912, the 22-year-old had turned to racing full time, becoming known as "King of the Dirt Tracks". In 1914, the year of this document, Rickenbacker set a world speed record of 134 miles per hour at Daytona. Two years later, in November 1916, Rickenbacker took his first ride in an aircraft (flown by Glenn L. Martin, who was just beginning his career in aviation).
MAJOR EDWARD V. "EDDIE" RICKENBACKER - ENVELOPE SIGNED 1929 - First Annual Aviators Reunion Washington's Birthday
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