Rickenbacker

This aviation signature collage celebrates four great American pioneers of flight- Orville Wright, Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart. Orville Wright, along with his brother Wilber, invented the airplane and was the pilot of the first manned flight in 1903. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was the most celebrated U.S. air ace of WWI. Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, while Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. At top left is a cut slip, signed “Amelia Earhart” in black ink pen. Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was an American aviator who set many flying records and championed the advancement of women in aviation. On May 20-21, 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in a time of 14 hours and 56 minutes. In 1935, Amelia became the first person to fly from Hawaii to the American mainland. By doing so, she became not only the first person to solo anywhere in the Pacific, but also the first person to solo both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. During a landmark flight to circumnavigate the globe, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in July 1937. Her plane wreckage was never found, and she was officially declared lost at sea. At top right is a cut slip, signed “Charles A. Lindbergh” in black ink pen. Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) was an American aviator and the first mass media super star. Lindbergh is remembered for flying “The Spirit of St. Louis” on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in May of 1927. He departed on May 20th from Roosevelt Field, Long Island. After 33 hours in the air, flying solo, without sleeping, and coping with adverse weather conditions, he touched down at an airfield outside Paris. His feat astounded and delighted the world and secured his position as one of the most important figures in aeronautical history. At bottom left is a Eddie Rickenbacker signed US Air Mail envelope. It is signed in blue ink "Captain Eddie Rickenbacker 1950." The envelope is illustrated with an Eastern Airlines plane flying over New York City. It is postmarked, "Philadelphia, PA September 22, 9 AM, 1950." It is also stamped "-First Day of Issue- American Air Mail Society- Convention Station-" over the red 6 cent Air Mail stamp. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was the most celebrated U.S. air ace of WWI. In a time when aerial battles were novel, Rickenbacker became the nation’s first fighter squadron commander. He accumulated twenty-six victories and led the 94th Aero Pursuit “Hat-in-the-Ring” Squadron as the first all-American fighter squadron to engage in combat. Rickenbacker’s post-war years included endeavors in the automobile and commercial airline industries, including a long-time head of Eastern Airlines, but he will always be best remembered for his remarkable fighter pilot career. At bottom right is an Orville Wright signed US Air Mail envelope. The envelope is boldly signed "Orville Wright" in black ink, below a red and blue Air Mail illustration. The airmail envelope bears a Kitty Hawk...

For your consideration is a Rickenbacker 360, custom painted, Weninger electric guitar. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 14.5" W x 39" L.   

Here it is the infamous, aka most expensive amp built in it's time... used by countless of musicians and groups including Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin on their first American tour... it's said that Jimmy Page used this amp for recording Heartbreaker...everything works amazingly with this amp.All lights knobs and switches work. The amp has been totally restored Output: 100 watts RMS Controls: Volume, treble, bass controls and hollow, mellow and pierce switches on each channel; Tremolo speed and depth, Reverb, and Fuzz-Tortion on custom channel. Speakers: two 12? Altec 417. A major artist’s endorsement of a piece of gear is often seen as a springboard to that product’s success, or at least serves as a footnote that has helped to keep it in the history books. Having graced the U.S. tours of Led Zeppelin, the Jeff Beck Group, and Steppenwolf in the late ’60s, and Cheap Trick...