Yonkers Lewis Yancey Gyro Pilot Early Aviator Explorers Club 1939 Helicopter For Sale

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Yonkers Lewis Yancey Gyro Pilot Early Aviator Explorers Club 1939 Helicopter:
$34.57

Yonkers, NY Lewis Alfonso Yancey Gyrocopter Pilot and Early Aviator member of vintage Explorers Club 1939 flew what eventually became the Helicopter.

He set record overseas flight when he and and Roger Q Williams flew Maine to Spain to Rome in 1929

This letter was originally addressed to The NYC Explorers Club of which he was a member, but during the last few months of 1939 and early 1940, Captain Lewis was in poor health and died suddenly at his Lawrence Rd home in March 1940 aged 44.

This cover was sent

In September 1939 from Australia and is marked “Personal and Confidential “.

Information about his life and accomplishments are available online.

Yonkers Lewis Yancey Gyro Pilot Early Aviator Explorers Club 1939 Helicopter

$34.57

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