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ORIGINAL " TEX SETTLE " AUTOGRAPH - AVIATION PIONEER + US NAVY AIRSHIP OFFICER

$ 79.2

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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Type: Cover Postal
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    ORIGINAL -  " TEX SETTLE " AUTOGRAPH - AVIATION PIONEER + US NAVY AIRSHIP OFFICER
    * " TEX SETTLE " Autographed 40th Anniversary of Lakehurst Naval Air Station 1921-1961 - Cover canceled September 13,1961 .
    Dimensions: 3 5/8" x 6 7/16"
    Autographed by " Tex " Settle in black pen.
    Condition is Very Fine.
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    Thomas Greenhow Williams
    "Tex" Settle (b.1895 – d.1980)
    was an officer of the United States Navy who on November 20, 1933, together with Army major Chester L. Fordney, set the world altitude record in the Century of Progress stratospheric balloon. A balloonist and long-time flight instructor, and officer on the airships USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) and USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), Settle won the Litchfield Trophy in 1929 & 1931, the International Gordon Bennett Race in 1932, the Harmon Aeronaut Trophy for 1933, and the Harmon National Trophy for 1932 and 1933. He also set numerous distance and endurance records.
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