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(SKYLAB 3) $100.00
22583-1
A great association item, I.S.P. 10" x 8" color, a vintage official NASA portrait showing the prime crew of the Third Manned Skylab Mission in their spacesuits, boldly inscribed to Harry T. MacMullan and signed by GERALD P. CARR, EDWARD G. GIBSON and WILLIAM R. POGUE. Fine condition.
VANCE BRAND $30.00
31615-1
(b. 1931) American astronaut, pilot of the ASTP, commander of three early shuttle missions. S.P. 8" x 10" color, an official NASA photo showing Brand with an American flag and shuttle model above his head, nicely signed. Fine.
CARR, GERALD $30.00
31373-1
(b. 1932) American astronaut, commander of the Skylab IV mission, spending 84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes in space.S.P. 8" x 10" color, a view of the lift-off of a Skylab mission, boldly signed in the white bottom margin: "Liftoff of Skylab III 16 Nov. 73 Jerry Carr". Fine.
CUNNINGHAM, WALTER $40.00
31634-1
(b. 1932) American astronaut who participated in the flight of Apollo 7.Official NASA S.P. 8" x 10" colro showing Cunningham in a NASA jumpsuit as he regards a Saturn V model before him, signed: "Walt Cunningham Apollo 7". Fine.
LOUSMA, JACK $30.00
31603-1
American astronaut who flew on the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions.S.P. 8" x 10" color, an official NASA photo showing Lousma in a space suit with a model of Skylab in his hands, boldly signed: "Reach for the Stars! Jack Lousma Skylab II". Fine.
REX B. BEISEL $1,000.00
50026-1
(1893-1970) Naval aeronautical engineer, designer, inventor and manufacturer, the creator of the Corsair Fighting airplane, Corsair F4U-1 bomber, XF 3U-1 Navy Fighter, the Curtiss-Falcon and Hell Diver. At the time of his death, Beisel held no fewer than 100 aircraft patents. A historically important archive documenting Beisel's earliest endeavors as an aircraft designer while still enlisted in the U.S. Navy in his early twenties. Beisel proved to be so brilliant that the Navy Department placed him on detached service at Curtiss, Wright and Spartan Aircraft Manufacturing service, where he was allowed to formulate design changes. The archive consists of approx. 20 U.S. Naval documents dispatched from the Secretary of the Navy in the form of travel orders for Beisel, four of which are rubber stamped Franklin D. Roosevelt, with FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT adding initials next to the stamped signature. All documents are from 1918-1922, and include a T.L.S. by JOSEPHUS DANIELS, in part: "...You are requested to report to the temporary duty at LWF Engineering Co. in connection with changes in the design of the H.S. 2-L Flying Boat...". Within four months and with the support of Roosevelt, Beisel received his appointment as aeronautical engineer. Roosevelt would undertake two inspection yours of Naval bases and war zones in Europe in 1918-1919, but during his brief return as Acting Secretary of the Navy, he orders Beisel, on Jan. 27, 1920, to: "...proceed to the Naval Aircraft Factory...in connection with sand load tests on the Loening M-8-0...". Ironically, the same travel order was reiterated by FDR on Feb. 16, 1920, one of his last official acts as Asst. Secretary of the Navy. On Nov. 9, 1920, Beisel was assigned to Curtiss by newly-appointed Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury, for the sole purpose of testing the wing of the CT Torpedo. So successful was his work that he was able to secure new patents in aviation design. With a T.L.S. by Commander of the Navy J. C. HUNSAKER, regarding the rudder on a plane and other details, and much more technical data and memoranda, resumes and ephemera. Worthy of further research, overall very good condition. EBAY 700
OWEN GARRIOTT $25.00
31611-1
(b. 1930) American astronaut who flew on Skylab III and shuttle STS-9. S.P. 8" x 10" color, a fine waist, up portrait in his space suit, boldly signed "Best wishes - Owen Garriott". Fine.
EDWARD G. GIBSON $30.00
31380-1
(b. 1936) American astronaut who participated in the Skylab IV mission. S.P. 8" x 10" color, a view of the lift-off of a Skylab mission, boldly signed in the white bottom margin: "Liftoff of Skylab III Nov. 16, 1973 Ed Gibson, Science Pilot". Fine.
ZERBINATI, MANILLO $80.00
46243-1
Early Italian aviation official, president (1948-64) of the Aero Club d'Italia, the pioneering Italian aviation organization founded in 1904, a close associate of Italo Balbo.T.L.S., 1p. 4to., Rome, Oct. 8, 1948 on Aero Club d'Italia letterhead to Louis E. Leverone, President of the National Aeronautic Association. In part: "...I have the privilege of notifying you, that you have been elected to full membership.... We trust that you will be pleased of such a membership...." The NAA, the oldest national aviation organization in the U.S., is roughly the American equivalent of the Aero Club d'Italia -- making this honorary membership from one president to another interesting and unusual. Drymounted, else very good.
DAVE SCOTT $120.00
29278-1
American astronaut who walked on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. Superb and rare S.P. 10" x 8" color, an original NASA photo taken on Mar. 7, 1966 showing the Gemini 8 capsule and its target docking adapter in side view, just nine days prior to its launch on Mar 16, 1966, in which it performed the first docking in space. Boldly signed "Dave Scott" at lower margin, and in fine condition.
(AIR RACERS) $75.00
29135-1
D.S. 1p. 12mo., a ticket for admission to the 1932 National Air Races held in Cleveland, august 27 - September 5, signed on the verso by participants GLADYS O'DONNELL, CASEY JONES, BETTIE LUND, GLORIA KLINGENSON [?], FRANCES MARSALIS, ERNST FRAPF[?] and three others. Ink slightly lightened, a few dings to card, overall good to very good.
TITOV, GHERMAN $100.00
29014-1
(1935 - 2000) Soviet cosmonaut, the second Soviet in space, and the third man in space, following Shepard's flight by a month.A paperback copy of his volume 17 Cosmic Dreams, boldly inscribed and signed on the first free endpaper in bright blue ink. Light wear to cover and edges, with cover partially detached, else very good condition.
LOUSMA, JACK $20.00
31368-1
American astronaut who flew on the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions.S.P. 8" x 10", color photograph showing Skylab II leaving the launchpad, signed with the caption in lower right margin: "Liftoff of Skylab II - July 28, 1973 Jack Lousma". Fine.
KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY $750.00
29833-1
(1857 - 1935) Pioneering Russian scientist and rocket designer who laid out the basic principles of modern space flight. Rare, superb partial A.Ms.S., 2pp. sm. folio, [n.p., ca. 1931], in Russian. Untranslated, but undoubtedly part of his notes on space travel and bearing a mathematical table at bottom with a sketch of a rocket in flight drawn at top! Signed at lower-left, the signature partly affected by dampstaining yet entirely legible, typical aging and wear, overall good to very good. Certainly worthy of further research!
SERGEI KOROLEV $300.00
26395-1
(1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, his very existence was kept a secret. Typed D.S. 2pp. 4to., [n.p., 1934], not translated but apparently a set of specifications concerning the CK-7 rocket or jet-propelled aircraft project, signed at conclusion on verso. Some marginal tears and chips, else very good. In 1931, Korolev joined the Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute, and in 1932 was appointed chief of Jet Propulsion Research Group (GIRD), one of the earliest state-sponsored centers for rocket development in the USSR. In 1933, the group was reorganized into the Jet Propulsion Research Institute, where Korolev led the development of cruise missiles and of a manned rocket-powered glider. With Russian museum certificate of authenticity.
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