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REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF EARLY AVIATORS INCLUDING HINKLER AND LINDBERGH
LINDBERGH
(Charles Augustus, 1902-1974, American Aviator, First to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic in 1927), Bert HINKLER (1892-1933, Pioneer Australian Aviator) and Igor I. SIGORSKY (1889-1972, Ukrainian-American Aviation Pioneer in Helicopters and fixed-wing Aircraft)
Fine collection of their signatures on an album leaf
together with several other signatures including Lord ROTHERMERE (Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount, 1868-1940), Sir Ernest S. WILLS (1869-1958, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Tennis Player at Wimbledon) and Wilfred TOMKINSON (Vice Admiral, 1877-1971, Commander of the Battlecruiser Squadron), 6½ x 5½, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1930
£1,275
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Background
Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed Australian Lone Eagle) and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, completed on 22nd February 1928, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean. He married in 1932 at the age of 39, and died less than a year later after crashing into remote countryside near Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy during a solo flight record attempt.
Stock No. 42992
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