WWII Test-Pilot's archive of photos and ephemera, Highlights include: large group of over 100 photos, c. 1940s-1950s, mostly military aircraft including float-planes, a group photo signed by test pilots Gough, Hoover, Ruder, Cavallo and Gray, and 2 signed by Gabby Gabreski; manuals for Radio Operators and Navigators, official NACA memoranda, membership rosters for The Society of Experimental Test Pilots, a Fact Book and a Code Book for the "Ancient and Secret Order of Quiet Birdmen", a couple of patches and pins, an envelope signed by WWI ace Ray Brooks, a National Space Society VHS cassette labeled Project X-15; a hand-written journal of 1944 test-flights; a resignation letter draft; an NYU student aeronautic engineering paper; a 5.25"dia aluminum aircraft piston head, and more; approx. 4.5"h x 12"l x 9.5"w (overall)

Provenance: A Private Collection: 139 East 95th Street, NYC

Fair, show age and handling, with stains, small tears, writing, etc., photos curling; strong mildew-like odor **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.