Pricelist - Autographed Covers of Experimental Test Pilots /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

Autographs of
Experimental Research Test Pilots
(PART 2)

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Specific Notes for the autographed covers on this pricelist

All covers on this list are genuine unless otherwise noted.
Two important abbreviations that I frequently use in the descriptions below are NACA which stands for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which became NASA in 1958, and that stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

General Notes

All items are covers unless otherwise noted.
All covers are the standard U.S. #6 size (approximately 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches), as collected in the USA, unless otherwise noted.
Foreign covers may be slightly smaller in size than the standard U.S. #6 size and if so, their size will NOT be noted. Any cover larger than a number 6 size will be noted or any item of an unordinary size will be so noted.
All covers are unaddressed unless otherwise noted.
All covers are cacheted unless otherwise noted. A brief description of the cachet is given of the event being commemorated.
If covers are autographed they are genuine, unless otherwise noted.
Where stamp(s) used on the item are of significance, such as being a space stamp or a flag stamp or related to the event or location, it will be described. Otherwise the stamp(s) used on the item may be a definitive issue or an unrelated commemorative issue, and will not be described.
Items listed here may not be listed in any particular order.
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Price List

LIST ID

ITEM ID

PRICE

CANCEL DATE

CANCEL LOC

PILOT02	2017A	$15.00	09/30/1996	E
ALFRED LEMONT "AL" ATWELL. Early experimental research test pilot. Autographed and inscribed: "Al Atwell, Aerospace Research Test Pilot", with a Edwards CA special space pictorial hand cancel that shows a drawing of the Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft and a large "50", and text: "Dryden Flight Research Center, 1946 - 1996, 50th Anniversary Station" on 32 cent flag stamp. With a multicolored printed cachet (unidentified) showing the same design as the pictorial cancel. (Cover comes with special printed insert card that details the Dryden Flight Research Center). IMAGE

PILOT02	2025A	$15.00	06/11/1982	UN
CHARLES C. BOCK, JR. Early experimental research test pilot. Autographed and inscribed: "Charles C. Bock, Jr., USAF Test Pilot", on a 20 cent United Nations Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space stamp (#373) first day cover that shows the UN emblem and an olive branch in space. Cover has UN NY first day of issue pictorial hand cancel that shows stylized doves circling the Earth, with a red and blue UN-SM-3 printed cachet that shows a drawing of an astronaut and a rocket launch with the Earth and Moon in the background and printed text: "Peaceful Uses of Outer Space". (In the 1950's Bock was a USAF test pilot assigned to test the two B-52 launch aircraft when they were modified to carry the X-15 research aircraft. Bock helped study and develop flight techniques needed to fly the launch aircraft with these modifications. Bock was chief test pilot for the B-1 bomber and made the first flight in this aircraft Dec. 23, 1974).

PILOT02	2037D	$35.00	05/21/1981	K
SCOTT CROSSFIELD. Early experimental test pilot for the X-15 aircraft and other aircraft. Autographed & inscribed: "Scott Crossfield, X-15 Project Pilot", a first day cover with a of large bulls eye hand cancel from Kennedy Space Center FL on a pair of 18 cent space shuttle stamps, showing the launch and the landing, with moon in the background (#1917-1918). With a blue FMF Printed Cachet showing the space shuttle launching a satellite from its cargo bay, with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind". (Crossfield worked at the High Speed Flight Research Station, Edwards, Calif., as a research pilot in June 1950. During the next five years he flew the X-1, X-4, X-5, X-15, XF-92A, and D-558-I and -II aircraft, accumulating 87 rocket flights in the X-1 and D-558-II aircraft, plus 12 flights in the latter aircraft employing only jet power).

PILOT02	2037E	$35.00	10/14/1984
SCOTT CROSSFIELD. Early experimental test pilot for the X-15 aircraft & other aircraft. Autographed & inscribed: "Scott Crossfield, Experimental Pilot on Research Aircraft & Century Series Fighters", a space pictorial hand cancelled cover from Dearborn Heights MI, Wolverine Stamp Club Station on a 20 cent flag stamp, shows the X-15 & the Space Shuttle emblem, with text reading: "25th Anniversary X-15 to Space Shuttle, United States Manned Space Craft Accomplishments". With a blue FMF Printed Cachet showing 3 U.S. stamps: Gemini Space Walk, Palomar Observatory and Apollo 8, with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind". (Crossfield worked at the High Speed Flight Research Station, Edwards, Calif., He flew the X-1, X-4, X-5, X-15, XF-92A, & D-558-I & -II aircraft, accumulating 87 rocket flights in the X-1 and D-558-II aircraft, plus 12 flights in the latter aircraft employing only jet power).

PILOT02	2067E	$50.00	06/15/1977	E
FITZ FULTON, DON MALLICK & VIC HORTON. Early experimental test pilots & crew testing for the Space Shuttle. Autographed: "Fitz Fulton, Don Mallick, Vic Horton", cover is a airmail red and blue border envelope for a Shuttle Related Test Flight from Edwards CA on a 13 cent flag stamp. With a black mimeographed typed word cachet that reads: "Flight Test -3 (DTV-3), Crew- Fitz Fulton, Don Mallick, Vic Horton. Solid Rocket Booster for Space Shuttle, Dropped at El Centro, Calif", plus purple Boudwin rubber stamp cachet (unidentified) showing Boudwin's generic B-52 aircraft cachet & text: "B-52 Shuttle Related Test Flight, NASA Flight Research Center Edwards A.F.B. California". (Fulton and Mallick were chief test pilots at NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility where they tested many of the early experimental test aircraft; Horton was a flight test engineer, now deceased). IMAGE

PILOT02	2076B	$25.00	03/20/1975	E
HENRY C. GORDON (deceased). Early experimental test pilot chosen for the 1962 X-20 Dyna-soar program. Cover autographed & inscribed: "Henry C. Gordon X-20 Pilot", on a X-24B commemorative flight cover of March 20, 1975 by Mike Love and has a machine cancel of Edwards CA, with a black and white printed cachet (unidentified) showing the experimental aircraft with text: X-24B NASA Flight Research Center, plus additional typewritten text of this flight: "Flight-B-20-32; Pilot-Maj. Mike Love; Altitude-70,000 ft.; Airspeed-1.45 MACH; 955 M.P.H.830 knots; Time-6 min. 49.8 sec. . (Gordon, was selected in 1960 as X-20 Dyna-Soar pilot; then trained at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, California; He resigned Nov. 10, 1963 after the program had been given up and worked in different departments of the USAF. He died in 1996, of natural causes.) IMAGE

PILOT02	2076D	$30.00	05/14/1974	H
HENRY C. GORDON (deceased). Early experimental test pilot chosen for the 1962 X-20 Dyna-soar program. Cover autographed & inscribed: "Henry C. Gordon, Col. USAF (Ret.) Dynasoar Pilot, June 1, 1984", cover has a first day of issue slogan machine cancel of Houston TX on a 10 cent Skylab orbiting space station stamp (#1529), with a multicolor Houston Philatelic Society printed cachet showing the Skylab space station in orbit and the three manned Skylab recoveries by ship and helicopter, with text that reads in part: "Skylab First Day of Issue, Official First Day Cover", plus additional details of the 3 different Skylab flight dates and astronauts on each flight. (Gordon, was selected in 1960 as X-20 Dyna-Soar pilot; then trained at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, California; He resigned Nov. 10, 1963 after the program had been given up and worked in different departments of the USAF. He died in 1996, of natural causes). IMAGE

PILOT02	2077A	$12.50	01/05/1968
JOHN H. GRIFFITH. Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 and other aircraft. Autographed and inscribed: "John H. Griffith, NACA Research Pilot", on a "Fifty Stars Runway" 10 cent airmail booklet pane single stamp (#C72b) first day cover. Cover has San Franciso CA first day of issue machine cancel, with a black Artcraft Printed Cachet for this stamp commemorating Air Mail's Golden Anniversary Year, showng an eagle carrying letters with his feet. (Griffith flew as a Test Pilot for NACA, on the X-1, X-4, experimental test aircraft, as well as the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, which was a high-speed jet-powered aircraft designed to investigate the aerodynamic effects of flight at transonic speeds and the much more advanced and capable D-558-2 Skyrocket aircraft).

PILOT02	2083A	$12.50	11/16/1973
RICHARD J. HARER, Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 aircraft. Autographed and inscribed where he spells out his name: "R.J. Harer, Richard J. Harer, USAF Test Pilot, X-1B Flight 4 Nov. 1954", on a "Winged Airmail Envelope" 13 cent airmail single stamp (C79) first day cover. Cover has New York NY first day of issue machine cancel, with a multicolored Fleetwood Printed Cachet for this stamp commemorating the new 13 cent airmail postal rate, showing a pioneer airmail aircraft, the Curtiss JNH-4 "Jenny".

PILOT02	2083B	$12.50	01/05/1968
RICHARD J. HARER. Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 aircraft. Autographed and inscribed where he spells out his name: "R.J. Harer, Richard J. Harer, USAF Test Pilot, X-1B Flight 4 Nov. 1954", on a "Fifty Stars Runway" 10 cent airmail coil single stamp (#C73) first day cover. Cover has San Franciso CA first day of issue machine cancel, with a black Artcraft Printed Cachet for this stamp commemorating Air Mail's Golden Anniversary Year, showng a control tower scene and airplane carrying the mail.

PILOT02	2085A	$15.00	06/11/1982	UN
PETER C. HOAG. Early experimental research test pilot Autographed and inscribed: "P.C. Hoag, HL-10 Lifting Body Pilot", on a 20 cent United Nations Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space stamp (#373) first day cover that shows the UN emblem and an olive branch in space. Cover has UN NY first day of issue pictorial hand cancel that shows stylized doves circling the Earth, with a red and blue UN-SM-3 printed cachet that shows a drawing of an astronaut and a rocket launch with the Earth and Moon in the background and printed text: "Peaceful Uses of Outer Space". (On 18 February 1970 Air Force test pilot Maj. Peter C. Hoag reached mach 1.86 [2072 kilometers per hour], in the HL-10, the fastest lifting body flight ever made).

PILOT02	2115A	$15.00	04/14/1981	E
WILLIAM J. "PETE" KNIGHT. Early experimental research test pilot for the X-15 aircraft and other aircraft. Autographed and inscribed: "Wm. J. Knight, X-15 Astronaut", on a STS- 1 landing commemorative cover, with an Edwards CA Space Shuttle pictorial machine cancel on a "B" imprinted postal stationery envelope, and a purple rubber stamp word cachet (unidentified) that reads: "STS-1 Space Shuttle Mission". (Besides being an X-15 test pilot, Knight test flew the F-100, F-101, F-104 and the F-5 aircraft. In addition, he was one of six pilots selected for the X-20 Dyna-Soar project; a program that would have been the forerunner of the space shuttle vehicle, In 1967, Knight received his astronaut wings for an X-15 flight that reached an altitude of 280,000 feet, a little more than 53 miles).

PILOT02	2115E	$25.00	10/14/1984
WILLIAM J. KNIGHT (deceased). Early experimental test pilot for the X-15 aircraft and other aircraft. Autographed & inscribed: "William J. Knight, Col, USAF", a space pictorial hand cancelled cover from Dearborn Heights MI, Wolverine Stamp Club Station on a 20 cent flag stamp, Cancel shows the X-15 and the Space Shuttle emblem, with text reading: "25th Anniversary X-15 to Space Shuttle, United States Manned Space Craft Accomplishments". With a blue FMF Printed Cachet showing three U.S. stamps: Gemini Space Walk, Palomar Observatory and Apollo 8, with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind". (Knight was a research test pilot for the X-15 aircraft and other aircraft. Knight test flew the F-100, F- 101, F-104 and the F-5 aircraft. In addition, he was one of six pilots selected for the X-20 Dyna-Soar project; a program that would have been the forerunner of the space shuttle vehicle He died May 07, 2004).

PILOT02	2131A	$12.50	04/05/1973	E
DONALD L. MALLICK. Early experimental research test pilot for the YF-12 aircraft and other aircraft. Autographed: "Don Mallick", on a YF-12C High Speed Research Plane test commemorative cover, with a Edwards CA machine cancel and a black Dubeau rubber stamp cachet showing the YF-12C aircraft, and reads: "YF-12C - Supersonic, NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, Calif. Pilot: Don Mallick, Flight No. 37-024". (The tests of this aircraft are for the development of commercial and military supersonic aircraft and the space shuttle. Mallick became Chief Pilot in 1967 and was project pilot on both the YF-12 and XB-70A research programs of the late 1960s and 1970s. He later flew on the NASA Lockheed JetStar Prop-Fan, and Laminar Flow Wing programs).

PILOT02	2135A	$25.00	12/17/1978
THOMAS C McMURTRY. Early experimental test pilot who has made many first flights in his career. autographed & inscribed: "Thomas C. McMurtry. First flights: F8 Supercritical Wing; AD-1 Oblique Wing; KC 135 Winglets; 747SCA-Co-pilot", on a Wright Brothers commemorative FMF local post cover with a pictorial hand cancel of Kitty Hawk NC on a 13 cent Lindbergh 50th Anniversary Solo Transatlantic Flight stamp (#1710), Both the pictorial cancel and the local post stamp shows the Wright Brothers and their aircraft. There is additional word rubber stamp text cachet that reads "75th Anniversary Year of Powered Flight." (McMurtry has been a research pilot at Dryden since joining NASA in 1967 and after accomplishing many first flights as a experimental test pilot he became Associate Director for Operations there).

PILOT02	2140A	$20.00	05/14/1974	H
F. GREGORY NEUBECK. Early experimental test pilot chosen to be a pilot in the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program. Autographed & inscribed: "F. Gregory Neubeck, Capt USAF" on a card, which has a first day of issue slogan hand cancel of Houston TX on a 10 cent Skylab orbiting space station stamp (#1529). No cachet on this card. NOTE: This item is a card.. (Neubeck, a test pilot, was selected in 1963 as a Military Astronaut - Class-3, later selected as a MOL pilot in 1965, when the MOL program was cancelled in 1969 he became Vice Commander, Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin AFB, Florida).

PILOT02	2140B	$25.00	04/23/1977
F. GREGORY NEUBECK. Early experimental test pilot chosen to be a pilot in the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program. Autographed & inscribed: "F. Gregory Neubeck, USAF/MOL", cover has a pictorial hand cancel Park Forest IL, Parforex Station which shows a space shuttle riding piggyback atop a Boeing 747 aircraft with text: "Orbiter 101- Project, Space Shuttle Roll out". With a 2 color Parforex XVII Printed Cachet showing a space shuttle flying over the Boeing 747 aircraft, with text: "Parforex XVII salutes Project Space Shuttle 'The Enterprise'. Orbiter 101 - 'Flagship of the New Era of Space Transportation'. Space Unit, ATA APS". (Neubeck, a test pilot, was selected in 1963 as a Military Astronaut - Class-3, later selected as a MOL pilot in 1965, when the MOL program was cancelled in 1969 he became Vice Commander, Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin AFB, Florida). IMAGE

PILOT02	2140C	$25.00	03/26/1977
F. GREGORY NEUBECK. Early experimental test pilot chosen to be in the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program. Autographed & inscribed: "F. Gregory Neubeck, USAF/MOL", cover has a pictorial hand cancel Columbus OH Colopex 77 (station) showing a Mercury space capsule orbiting Earth, with text: "15th Anniversary, Orbital Flight, Friendship 7, Project Mercury" on 10 cent Skylab space stamp (#1529). With a blue Columbus Philatelic Club Printed Cachet of a space shuttle in flight, with text: "Colopex 77. Space Shuttle, Partly fabricated in Columbus Ohio by Rockwell International for NASA". Cachet also shows a small logo of Rockwell International. (Neubeck, a test pilot, was selected in 1963 as a Military Astronaut - Class-3, later selected as a MOL pilot in 1965; when the MOL program was cancelled in 1969 he became Vice Commander,Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin AFB, Florida). IMAGE

PILOT02	2161A	$15.00	09/30/1996	E
ROBERT K. PARSONS. Early experimental research test pilot Autographed and inscribed: "Robert K. Parsons, USAF Aerospace Research Test Pilot", with a Edwards CA special space pictorial hand cancel that shows a drawing of the Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft and a large "50", and text: "Dryden Flight Research Center, 1946 - 1996, 50th Anniversary Station" on 32 cent flag stamp. With a multicolored printed cachet (unidentified) showing the same design as the pictorial cancel. (Cover comes with special printed insert card that details the Dryden Flight Research Center). (Parsons was also a test pilot for the F-104A North American Eagle, which was a chase plane for the X-15 supersonic aircraft). IMAGE

PILOT02	2165A	$15.00	04/12/1981	E
CECIL W. POWELL. Experimental research test pilot for the lifting body aircraft: X-24 and M2-F3 and other aircraft. Autographed and inscribed: "Cec Powell, Lifting Body Test Pilot", on a STS-1 launch commemorative cover, with a Space Shuttle pictorial Edwards CA. machine cancel showing the Space Shuttle Emblem and wording: "For Benefits of Earth, NASA" on a "B" imprinted postal stationery envelope, and a two color rubber stamp cachet (unidentified) showing a space shuttle launch and text that reads: "STS-1 Space Shuttle Mission".

PILOT02	2196A	$15.00	06/11/1982	UN
DONALD M. SORLIE. Early experimental research test pilot. Autographed and inscribed: "Donald M. Sorlie, Col. USAF (Ret.), M2-F1 & M2-F2 Test Pilot", on a 20 cent United Nations Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space stamp (#373) first day cover that shows the UN emblem and an olive branch in space. Cover has UN NY first day of issue pictorial hand cancel that shows stylized doves circling the Earth, with a red and blue UN-SM-3 printed cachet that shows a drawing of an astronaut and a rocket launch with the Earth and Moon in the background and printed text: "Peaceful Uses of Outer Space". IMAGE

PILOT02	2235A	$25.00	05/14/1979	DC
JAMES W. WOOD (deceased). Early experimental test pilot chosen for the 1962 X-20 Dyna- soar program. Cover autographed & inscribed: "James W. Wood, Col, USAF (Ret) X-20 Pilot", with a pictorial hand cancel Washington DC AMA Sta. (station) on 21 cent Aviation Pioneer Octave Chanute stamp (#C93), cancel shows a stethoscope & an experimental test plane with text: "Aerospace Medical Association, 50 years of Flight Medicine". With a blue Printed Cachet (unidentified) showing a stethoscope touching a space shuttle in flight & a biplane, with text: "1929-1979, 50th Anniversary Aerospace Medical Association". Note: There is a small ink squiggle mark in the lower left corner, probably made by Col. Wood when he signed the cover. (Wood, was selected as senior test pilot for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program 1n 1962. When the program was cancelled he remained with the U.S. Air Force and retired with the rank of Colonel. He died Jan. 1, 1990.) IMAGE

PILOT02	2235B	$40.00	10/27/1972
JAMES W. WOOD (deceased). Early experimental test pilot chosen for the 1962 X-20 Dyna- soar program. Cover autographed & inscribed: "James W. Wood, Col, USAF (Ret) X-20 Pilot", a blue tinted cover with a pictorial hand cancel Chicago IL, Chicago Philatelic Society Sta. (station) on 8 cent space stamp (#1434) of Earth from the surface of the moon, cancel shows a space shuttle with orbiting space station, & text: "C.P.S.-72 Salutes U.S. Space Program". With a black C.P.S. Printed Cachet of a manned rocket on launch pad with text saluting the Project Mercury space program. (Note: this is a scarce cover as this cancel is the first U.S. cancel to depict the space shuttle). (Wood, was selected as senior test pilot for the X- 20 Dyna-Soar program 1n 1962 at Edwards AFB CA. When the program was cancelled he remained with the U.S. Air Force and served as Commander of Test Operations at Edwards Air Force Base. He died Jan. 1, 1990.) IMAGE

PILOT02	2235D	$20.00	06/26/1964	F
JAMES W. WOOD (Deceased). Early experimental test pilot chosen for the 1962 X-20 Dyna- soar program. autographed & inscribed: "James W. Wood, Col, USAF (ret), X-20 Pilot", on a West Germany commemorative space cancel card, with a hand cancel of Darmstadt (Germany) showing an early version of the X-20 Dynasoar space plane & text: "13. Raketen-u.Raumfahrt-tagung". (note: cancel is light but readable). With black printed cachet (unidentified) showing 3 foreign space stamps & printed text: "Tag der Astrophilatelie, Darmstadt 1964" plus a red rubber stamp cachet showing a Mercury space capsule. NOTE: This item is a card.. (Wood, was selected as senior test pilot for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program 1n 1962 at Edwards AFB CA. When the program was cancelled he remained with the U.S. Air Force and served as Commander of Test Operations at Edwards Air Force Base. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of Colonel. He died Jan. 1, 1990.)

PILOT02	2255A	$10.00	10/16/1978	K
RAY YOUNG. Early experimental research test pilot for the YF-12 aircraft. Autographed: "Ray Young", on a Space Shuttle commemorative cover, with a Kennedy Space Center FL pictorial space shuttle machine cancel on a 15 cent space stamp, and a two color Space Voyage printed cachet that reads in part: "First Commissioning Flight, Runway 15, by Pilot Don Mallick, Flight to certify shuttle landing system of Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System". (Ray Young was the a flight engineer for the YF-12 aircraft and flew the research missions for NASA).

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See related pricelist:
Autographed Covers of Experimental Research Test Pilots (Part 1)
See related pricelist (unautographed):
Experimental Test Covers, Various Flights, Various Cachets

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