Charles F. Blair, Jr. TLS (Typed Letter Signed), Re: 1st Solo Flight Across Arctic Ocean and North Pole. Antilles Air Boats, Inc. Letterhead, 2/12/1975, Three Years Before Fatal Crash

Language: English

Published by Charles F. Blair, Christiansted, Saint Croix, 1975

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Very Good. See scans and description. Charles F. Blair TLS (Typed Letter Signed), Re: 1st Solo Flight Across Arctic Ocean and North Pole. On Antilles Air Boats, Inc. Letterhead, 2/12/1975, Three Years Before Fatal Crash. United States Air Force Aviation, Test Pilot Ephemera. Blair was a United States Air Force Brigadier General, United States Navy aviator Captain, a test pilot, an airline pilot, and airline owner - the latter, specifically, as founder of Antilles Air Boats, Inc., for which he was himself flying a Grumman Goose when he dies in a left-engine-failure induced crash, following a falsified maintenance release from a licensed mechanic. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Blair speaks, in this TLS, of his trans-polar flight from Norway to Alaska in a P-51 Mustang fighter - that being the first solo flight in history across the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole. He mentions an included photo in the TLS - which he sent to Richard Calow, the original owner of the letter - but that photo was separated from the letter somewhere along the line. Letter was typed on Antilles Air Boats, Inc. Letterhead, 8 1/2 x 11", one side. Very Good; modest age-toning, center fold for mailing, light corner creasing and curl. See scan. Provenance information available to purchaser. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR37. …

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Title
Charles F. Blair, Jr. TLS (Typed Letter Signed), Re: 1st Solo Flight Across Arctic Ocean and North Pole. Antilles Air Boats, Inc. Letterhead, 2/12/1975, Three Years Before Fatal Crash
Author
Charles F. Blair
Publisher
Charles F. Blair, Christiansted, Saint Croix
Publication year
1975
Condition
Very Good
Binding
No Binding
Language
English
Item weight
1 ounce
Seller catalogs
Aviation, Ephemera, Manuscripts / Holograph / ALS / TLS [Original]

Singularity Rare & Fine

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