From the personal collection of Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke—a flown 6.5˝ x 4.5˝ swatch of Beta cloth featuring a pennant insignia of the 1964 Class of the United States Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School (now the USAF Test Pilot School), signed and flight-certified in black felt tip, "Flown to the Moon aboard CSM 'Casper,' Charles M. Duke, Jr., Apollo 16 LMP." Handsomely triple-matted and framed with an embroidered mission patch to an overall size of 13 x 17.5. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Charlie Duke, certifying that this "Beta cloth flag embossed 64-C accompanied me to the Moon on Apollo 16 aboard our Command Module Casper. It was one of twelve (12) with this design that were aboard Casper…This flag represents my United States Air Force Test Pilot School class. Our class started training in August 1964 under the command of then Colonel Chuck Yeager, Commandant. The class graduated in August 1965. This class produced our Astronauts. They were Charlie Duke, Apollo 16; Stu Roosa, Apollo 14; Al Worden, Apollo 15; and Hank Hartsfield, STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A."
