Vintage 4.75 x 5.5 newspaper photo of Earhart and fellow pilot James G. Ray posing with a Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2, signed in fountain pen, "Amelia Earhart" and "Sincerely yours, James G. Ray, 1/26/31." In very good to fine condition, with a moderate central vertical crease. This photo is of Earhart’s first flight in an autogyro at Willow Gove, Pennsylvania, on December 19, 1930. The PCA-2, which looked like a plane with helicopter blades, was the first rotary-wing aircraft to achieve type certification in the US. Ray landed an autogyro plane on the South Lawn of the White House on April 22, 1931.
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