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First Flight Air Mail Pilot Signed Comm. Covers 1930-83 (80) [186987]

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First Flight Air Mail Pilot Signed Comm. Covers 1930-83 (80) [186987]
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A collection of 80 U.S. Commemorative First Flight Covers, all pilot signed, c1930-83. One of the covers is signed by Larry Harris. May 17, 1930, Nashville, TN, cancel, cachet- "In Appreciation of Pilot Larry Harris, C.A.M. 30, May 11th-17th, Interstate Airlines, Inc., Chicago--Atlanta," type-written- "Larry Harris Week." Larry Harris was a pilot for Interstate Airlines, Inc., on the day shuttle route between Nashville, Tennessee., and Atlanta, Ga., and Chief Flight Instructor in the Sky Harbor Flying School near Nashville and Murfreesboro. He had flown since 1915. During his career as a pilot he flew for various motion picture companies and conducted a flying school in Nashville, before joining Interstate. Harris boasted an accident-free flying record. Another cover is signed by Bledsoe Payne. Oct. 15, 1930, San Angelo, TX, cancel, Southern Transcontinental First Flight cachet. Payne piloted the first airmail plane into El Paso, Texas. On Oct. 15, 1930, 15,000 El Pasoans gathered at the Municipal Airport to welcome the first air mail planes. "The westbound plane, piloted by Bledsoe Payne, was the first to set down on Municipal airport amid the applause of the multitude gathered to see history made. He taxied to a standstill at 1:34 o’clock while the eastbound plane, piloted by J.W. Martin, Jr. and an escort plane circled the field and landed at 1:40 p.m." (Oct. 16, 1930 - El Paso Times). [ 1930-83