A group of 2 related pieces – Aviation Pioneers.
(1) Roscoe Turner Typed Letter Signed, Los Angeles, December 8, 1934, on the MacRobertson Air Race Covers, with Envelope.
Typed letter signed "Roscoe Turner", Colonel, Governors' Staff, California and Nevada, Los Angeles, December 8, 1934, to Charles A. Schroeder: his letter reached him at Mildenhall Aerodrome the week before the Race, and he could not carry the cover; "There were some souvenir covers carried which are no longer my property". With the envelope postmarked Hollywood, Dec 11, 1934. Turner flew in the 1934 England–Australia MacRobertson Air Race. Condition: folds.
(2) Clarence Chamberlin Two Signed Photographs with His Amoco Airliner, One Dated January 15.
(1) Photograph of Chamberlin's Amoco biplane airliner with his portrait in goggles inset, boldly signed "Clarence Chamberlin". (2) A second print of the same image, signed and dated "January 15". Chamberlin flew the second nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927, carrying the first transatlantic passenger. Condition: (1) vertical crease; (2) light staining.
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