TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 11, 1926. Letter to C. F. Schory of the National Aeronautics Association providing very specific details on an altitude test performed by record-setting pilot John A. Macready, who conducted several test flights for the Wright Brothers, and at one time held altitude, distance, and endurance records. In part: “Your letter…enclosing correspondence with the Air Service Engineering Division is received…We went to the field Tuesday, but the sky clouded before the machine was ready, so that the test had to be postponed. We have had an over-cast sky since that time. I am very much puzzled over the barograph calibrations of these altitude tests. In the test on January 29th, Lieutenant Macready reported on landing that his altimeter indicated an altitude of 36,200 feet.” In very good condition with two punch holes along the top edge, a pair of light paper remnants and professional restorations to several areas of paper loss, and scattered instances of toning.
At 10 a.m. on January 29, 1926, Lieutenant John A. Macready the US Army’s chief test pilot, finally piloted an experimental aircraft in the hope of establishing a new altitude record for airplanes. Wright was one of three official observers for the flight. Although his altitute—more than seven miles above Earth—was impressive, it did not break the world record of 39,586 feet, set in 1924. A highly detailed page pertaining to one of the “next steps” in aviation history. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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