Ambrose M. Banks: CONTRACT AIR MAIL PILOT AND RACING PILOT. Signed in 1928

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Ambrose M. Banks: CONTRACT AIR MAIL PILOT AND RACING PILOT. Signed in 1928:
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A perfect FIRST FLIGHT envelope. \"MAY 1, 1928 * NEW YORK - ATLANTA ROUTE * AIR MAIL SERVICE * FIRST FLIGHT * WASHINGTON D.C.\" Nicely signed A. M. Banks. Canceled WASHINGTON D.C. MAY 1, 1928 and back stamped GREENSBORO N.C., MAY 2. 1928. Perfect.

BANKS, Ambrose M. CONTRACT AIR MAIL PILOT AND RACING PILOT. (1903- ). USAS flight instruction at Brooks Field (1924); at the time of his 1929 application for a Contract Air Mail Pilot\'s Certificate he had been a pilot for Pennsylvania Airway, flew air mail for Pitcairn Aviation, Inc. on CAM route 19 (1928), a pilot for T. A. T. and logged approximately 4200 hours; National Air Transport pilot or reserve pilot on CAM 3 or 17 (1929- ); while an air mail pilot for National Air Transport, he struck a pole making a dead stick landing at Warren OH while flying CAM route 17, Chicago-New York; participated in the 1927 National Air Races’ free-for-all race, placing fifth flying a Pitcairn Mailwing (1927); Transport Pilot Rating no. 882 (1928); member of the \"Caterpillar Club\" after abandoning an aircraft over Willow Grove PA (1928); and again after abandoning an aircraft over Mitchell Field (1933). (LT, USAAC.). [0228] [0812] [1006] [0538] [0811] [0037]

This is part of my personal collection of over 2500 aviation autographs dating from the very earliest days of aviation. The collection includes many, many air mail pilots, record holders, aviation personalities, military/naval aviators from 1914 through Vietnam, etc. All are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted and all are authentic.

Please ignore any numbers in [brackets] as they refer to my personal bibliography of American aviators. A-6508

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The items I\'m selling on are from my own collection that I\'ve been selling since my retirement.

All autographs will be mailed by First Class Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Larger items will be mailed by appropriate USPS mailing. Tracking numbers are available on all shipments.I accept PayPal and adhere to their requirements that all PayPal orders be mailed with online and only to confirmed addresses.

Autographs are weatherproofed and mailed in heavily reinforced padded envelopes with stiff corrugated!

I guarantee all the items in my collection to be authentic. I will pay the return postage on any item that is found not to be authentic. If you decide you want to return the item for any other reason I\'ll be happy to accept the return but must deduct my listing and final valuation costs. All returns must of course be in the condition in which they were mailed.

My apologies but the cost of postage and the materials I use to pack the items I sell have risen to the point I\'m forced to charge for postage & handling. No matter how many photos or autographs you order (assuming they\'ll all fit in one 9.5 X 13 envelope) you\'ll only pay the P&H for one. The items I use to pack photos, autographs and books have gone up, including postage, bubble envelopes, stiff corrugated board & plastic wrap, Additionally I have the monthly fees of , SixBit software and Stamps-dot-com.

My older political and entertainment autographs came from my mother\'s estate. She and my father collected autographs from 1929 through their marriage in 1935. Many of them were acquired by standing in line at one or another of New York\'s theaters; others from my grandfather who was acquainted with many NYC politicians of the 1920s and 1930s. My mother spent her career in the Broadway theater business, retiring in 1976. I guarantee their authenticity although, admittedly, I am certainly no expert on entertainment or political autographs. If I have described any of them incorrectly I will gladly refund your full payment. I am not in the autograph (or collecting) business.