Oct 26, 2023 - Sale 2650

Sale 2650 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WRIGHT, ORVILLE. Pilot license Signed, certifying that Paul Dewley has "fulfilled all the conditions required by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, for an Aviator Pilot." Signed on the front pastedown. 12mo, calf; some fading to signature, scattered soiling throughout. Np, 23 September 1930

Additional Details

With--Photograph Signed by 7 Blue Angels pilots, showing the pilots kneeling with the tail of an F9F jet in background, signed diagonally in the image below the relevant portrait by Bull Gureck, Chuck Hallaway, Lefty Schwartz, Zeke Cormier, Ed McKellar, Nello Pierozzi, and Bruce Bagwell. 8x10 inches. 1950s • Small group of Dewley's personal documents: U.S. Department of Commerce pilot's license renewed several times between 1931 and 1940; Three Notice of Classification forms; U.S. Navy Production Award Emblem certification; National Aeronautic Association membership card. Each 12mo, worn. 1931-43 • Small group of letters attesting to Dewley's character and ability from representatives of various airports and aircraft services. 4to. 1930-39.