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LINDBERGH, Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh. Autograph notes of Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh, July - October 1931. Together 87 pages, 4tos, some with notations on verso, some containing V-shaped closed tears near top edge . In pencil.

Auction 14.06.2005
14.06.2005
Schätzpreis
30.000 $ - 50.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
33.600 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 351

LINDBERGH, Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh. Autograph notes of Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh, July - October 1931. Together 87 pages, 4tos, some with notations on verso, some containing V-shaped closed tears near top edge . In pencil.

Auction 14.06.2005
14.06.2005
Schätzpreis
30.000 $ - 50.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
33.600 $
Beschreibung:

LINDBERGH, Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh. Autograph notes of Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh, July - October 1931. Together 87 pages, 4tos, some with notations on verso, some containing V-shaped closed tears near top edge . In pencil. DRAMATIC TRANSCRIPTS OF COCKPIT COMMUNICATIONS DURING THE LINDBERGH'S "NORTH TO THE ORIENT" FLIGHT A PAPER VERSION OF THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER, placing us inside the plane with Charles and Anne Lindbergh, at some of the most dramatic and dangerous moments of their flight from New York to Tokyo. The roar of the engines made verbal communication impossible between pilot and his radio operator, so they passed these sheets between them instead. There are in fact three kinds of communications recorded here: Anne Lindbegh's transcription of the Morse Code radio messages she received (Radio: "are u in fog now?" AML: "No we are above fog now clear sky above"); words her husband wrote down for her to transmit, and the communications between themselves. Most of the last kind relate to serious mechanical problems: AML: "The break of the antenna has broken right off & I can't budge the reel, even enough to receive." CAL: "1. Can you hammer break open if you have tools?" AML: "Perhaps." CAL: "2. Can you lift the coils off of the side of the antennae?" AML: "No." CAL: "Have you grounded the antennae wire with the clip?" At another point, Anne asks: "Shall I look & see if anything happened to pontoons?" Their approach to Nemuro Japan was one of the most treacherous parts of the trip. Charles writes down a message for her to send: "Have been flying in fog large part of way. Will arrive in 20 minutes if fog permits." With her husband intently manning the controls, Anne explains a delayed response to one caller: "Flying dense fog. Can't show ur message to Col. Lindbergh just now. pls wait min." Then Charles writes to her: "Within 5 miles Nemuro but see no clearing over dense fog." A few moments later Anne asks a Japanese radio station: "Did you say fog over sea at Nemuro? What height?" They respond: "Difficult to land here from fog and darkness in evening." Then Charles writes out for her this reply: "OK. Turning south. Will land Shana in five minutes. Sea calm weather clear." Writing out these messages called for some tricky manual maneuvering on Anne Lindbergh's part. "I found that I needed one hand constantly on the main dial, another on the vernier, trying to pin down my station like an elusive butterfly. I wanted a third to write the message, and still another to hold the pad--the work of four hands to be done by two. That meant acrobatics" ( North , 27). As she got better "letters flowed from the pencil to the tune of dots and dashes, like spirit writing. But even then, I did not know what the message was until it was over and I could read it on my scratch pad....I was completely at the mercy of my pencil and really could not hear without one in my hand" ( North, 28). Sometimes her jottings read like excerpts from Finnegan's Wake : "eather weathe continue continues improve improve" A raw, fascinating documentary record of one of the historic episodes in early American aviation.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 351
Auktion:
Datum:
14.06.2005
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

LINDBERGH, Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh. Autograph notes of Charles A. and Anne M. Lindbergh, July - October 1931. Together 87 pages, 4tos, some with notations on verso, some containing V-shaped closed tears near top edge . In pencil. DRAMATIC TRANSCRIPTS OF COCKPIT COMMUNICATIONS DURING THE LINDBERGH'S "NORTH TO THE ORIENT" FLIGHT A PAPER VERSION OF THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER, placing us inside the plane with Charles and Anne Lindbergh, at some of the most dramatic and dangerous moments of their flight from New York to Tokyo. The roar of the engines made verbal communication impossible between pilot and his radio operator, so they passed these sheets between them instead. There are in fact three kinds of communications recorded here: Anne Lindbegh's transcription of the Morse Code radio messages she received (Radio: "are u in fog now?" AML: "No we are above fog now clear sky above"); words her husband wrote down for her to transmit, and the communications between themselves. Most of the last kind relate to serious mechanical problems: AML: "The break of the antenna has broken right off & I can't budge the reel, even enough to receive." CAL: "1. Can you hammer break open if you have tools?" AML: "Perhaps." CAL: "2. Can you lift the coils off of the side of the antennae?" AML: "No." CAL: "Have you grounded the antennae wire with the clip?" At another point, Anne asks: "Shall I look & see if anything happened to pontoons?" Their approach to Nemuro Japan was one of the most treacherous parts of the trip. Charles writes down a message for her to send: "Have been flying in fog large part of way. Will arrive in 20 minutes if fog permits." With her husband intently manning the controls, Anne explains a delayed response to one caller: "Flying dense fog. Can't show ur message to Col. Lindbergh just now. pls wait min." Then Charles writes to her: "Within 5 miles Nemuro but see no clearing over dense fog." A few moments later Anne asks a Japanese radio station: "Did you say fog over sea at Nemuro? What height?" They respond: "Difficult to land here from fog and darkness in evening." Then Charles writes out for her this reply: "OK. Turning south. Will land Shana in five minutes. Sea calm weather clear." Writing out these messages called for some tricky manual maneuvering on Anne Lindbergh's part. "I found that I needed one hand constantly on the main dial, another on the vernier, trying to pin down my station like an elusive butterfly. I wanted a third to write the message, and still another to hold the pad--the work of four hands to be done by two. That meant acrobatics" ( North , 27). As she got better "letters flowed from the pencil to the tune of dots and dashes, like spirit writing. But even then, I did not know what the message was until it was over and I could read it on my scratch pad....I was completely at the mercy of my pencil and really could not hear without one in my hand" ( North, 28). Sometimes her jottings read like excerpts from Finnegan's Wake : "eather weathe continue continues improve improve" A raw, fascinating documentary record of one of the historic episodes in early American aviation.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 351
Auktion:
Datum:
14.06.2005
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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