Aviation & Space Autographs and Letters

SIR ALAN COBHAM PHOTOGRAPH Signed. British pioneer aviator.   Post-card offset-litho photograph, with autograph signature.  The portrait shows Alan Cobham, head and shoulders in flying coat and cap with goggles pushed up. The full signature "Alan J. Cobham" is large and bold but is across a dark portion of the image.   The post-card measuring approx 4.5 x 3.5 inches has been trimmed at foot but without loss to the image or signature. It is otherwise in fine condition.   Alan Cobham set several long-distance and endurance air records, including flights across the continent of Africa and his 1926 flight.....

SAMUEL F. CODY Signed Photograph. Samuel Franklin Cowdrey (later known as Colonel Sam Cody). American born pioneer aviator, wild-west showman and inventor.  Made the first powered flight in Britain in 1908.   Photograph signed. The photograph is a real photograph post-card by the Topical Postcard Co and shows Samuel F. Cody, full length, seated at the controls of his Cody Biplane No.5A. A note on the reverse of the card states that this was signed by Cody at the Olympia Aero-Show on February 22nd 1913. A nice image, signed boldly in black ink.   The photograph measures approx. 5.5 x.....

AMELIA EARHART Photograph Signed. American pioneer aviatrix. The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.   Newsprint portrait photograph with autograph signature of Amelia Earhart below the image.   The newsprint photograph is mounted on a postcard and has been signed on the card mount.The post-card is addressed on the verso to "Mrs Rickinson, Gainford S.Q., Co. Durham". It measures approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Slight crease to lower right corner, else fine.   We think that this photograph was taken on the occasion of Amelia Earhart's first Atlantic flight (with Stultz and Gordon in 1928) and that the other.....

CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE Signed Photograph. British pioneer aviator. The first to make a night flight.   Photograph, signed.  The photograph is a real photograph postcard in the 'Flying at Hendon' series published by the Topical Postcard Co of Winton, Hampshire. It shows Claude Grahame-White seated in the cockpit of what is possibly a Morane-Saulnier monoplane at Hendon aerodrome. With a fine full autograph signature across a light portion of the image and dated in his hand, April 26th 1914. A key autograph of the aviation genre and one that is not often encountered.   Approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches. In fine condition......

GUSTAV HAMEL Signed Photograph. British pioneer aviator. The first pilot to carry airmail.   Photograph, signed. A real photograph postcard by the Bournemouth View Company. Captioned 'Mr Hamel. First Aerial Postman' and with a good autograph signature in ink on a light portion of the image. The photograph was probably taken at Hendon and shows Gustav Hamel seated in the cockpit of what is possibly a Bleriot monoplane.   Approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches. In fine condition.   Gustav Hamel was taught to fly by Bleriot in 1910, when he was then aged 21. He quickly became a favourite at.....

AMY JOHNSON Photograph Signed. British pioneer aviatrix. The first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.   Signed photograph showing a smiling Amy Johnson, head and shoulders, in flying coat and cap, with goggles pushed up. With a good, clear autograph signature across a light part of the image.   The photograph is a real photograph post-card by Beagles measuring approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches. In fine condition.   Amy Johnson established several records in the air, sometimes solo and sometimes with her husband, James Mollison.  Her most remarkable achievement was her solo flight to Australia in her Gipsy.....

CHARLES LINDBERGH AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE on Menu Card Charles Augustus Lindbergh. American pioneer aviator. The first man to fly solo accross the Atlantic.     Autograph signature on menu card.   The menu card for a "Banquet to Captain Charles Lindbergh given by the Royal Aero Club, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Air League of the British Empire and the Society of British Aircraft Constructors. Chairman: The Brig-Gen The Lord Thomson. Savoy Hotel. 31st May, 1927." On heavy folding card with Toast List and Menu printed inside. Signed by Charles Lindbergh with a good, clear, bold signature at head of front cover.   .....

LOUIS NOEL Signed Photograph. French pioneer aviator.   Photograph, signed. A real photograph postcard with good autograph signature and inscription by Louis Noel "Hendon 7th Feb 1914, Yours very sincerely, Louis Noel". An excellent portrait showing Louis Noel seated in what we think is a Claude Grahame-White bi-plane at Hendon.   Approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches. In fine condition.   Louis Noel was born in Paris but came to England to work for Claude Grahame-White's company at Hendon, where he became one of the aerodrome's chief test-pilots and demonstrators. Shortly after war was declared in 1914 he returned to France.....

WILMER STULTZ and LOU GORDON Autograph Signatures. Wilmer Lower Stultz and Lou Gordon. American pioneer aviators. The pilot and mechanic who accompanied Amelia Earhart when she became the first woman to make a crossing of the Atlantic by air as a passenger in 1928.   Autograph signatures of both on the headed notepaper of the Royal Aero Club, 3 Clifford St. W1. With a contemporary annotation on the verso, which resembles and could be in the handwriting of Amelia Earhart herself "June 1928. West east Atlantic flight with Miss Earhart".   Approx 7 x 4.5 inches plus integral blank leaf. Some foxing......