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Auction: 369 - Autographs & Documents e-Auction featuring the Mike Roth Aviation Collection Part II
Lot: 41

1935 Collier Trophy Award. Letters: 1) One page, April 17, 1936, typed on War Dept. letterhead, signed by Maj. Gen. C. Westover who appreciates the Air Corps being asked to make recommendations for the 1936 award, with copy of Committee response; 2) one page, April 20, typed on Consolidated Aircraft letterhead, signed by R.H. Fleet, President who proposes the Consolidated XP3Y1 flying boat which broke the World's Distance Record, with copy of the NAA Certificate of Record; 3) One page, April 24, typed on MIT Guggenheim Aeronautical Lab letterhead, signed by J.C Hunsaker who proposes E.S. Taylor and Roland Chilton for the award; 4) Four pages, April 28, 1936, typed on Glenn L. Martin Co. letterhead signed by J.T. Hartson directing the Committee's attention to the Martin Ocean Transport Flying Boat, with copy of Committee's response; 5) Two pages, April 29, typed on National advisory Committee for Aeronautics letterhead, signed by Chairman Joseph S. Ames submitting the development of the N.A.C.A. wing-nacelle combination as the greatest achievement for 1935, with copy of the Committee's response. Fine. [5]

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