Lot 470
Lindbergh, Charles A (1902-74) Pioneer aviator who in 1927 made the first solo, non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. Autograph letter signed ("C.A. Lindbergh"), on letterhead engraved "Charles A. Lindbergh / c/'o The Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc….," 1 page, 11 x 8½ in., New York City, June 2, 1930. Light toning and file holes. To Commander P.V.H. Weems, who had spent two weeks in 1928 instructing Lindbergh in his more practical system of celestial navigation. Weems improved the processes and equipment for fixing position, influencing the air navigation programs of U.S. airlines and the military. He also established programs and schools to educate many of the most influential aviators of the 1930s. Lindbergh stayed in touch with Weems, as seen here, and helped promote Weems' new air navigation business. In part: "I am very sorry that I did not see you when the Fleet was in New York…I certainly appreciate your suggestion that I attend the Eighteenth Division Veterans Association reunion….We used one of your sextants and a great deal from your System of Navigation on our last trans-continental trip. Mrs. Lindbergh took all of the sextant readings in addition to working them out and doing most of the navigation. We saw a great deal of Mr. Gatty while we were in Los Angeles and I believe that he is carrying on the navigation work in an excellent manner."
Together with an inscribed and signed photograph, "To Seymour Halpern / Clarence D. Chamberlin," 6½ x 4¾ in. A head and shoulders shot of the aviation pioneer wearing an aviator cap and goggles. Chamberlin (1893-1976) was the second man to pilot a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to the European mainland, while carrying the first transatlantic passenger.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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