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The blog is at http://classicairmailcollection.com/category/blog/
The first two entries concern Emilio Carranza and Sigismund Levanevsky.
Carranza was a famous Mexican aviator who crashed and died in 1928 while attempting a nonstop flight from New York City to Mexico City. He was memorialized on Mexican airmail stamps, Scott C5-10 and C40-44.
Levanevsky was a Russian. He was killed, along with 5 crewmembers, in the Arctic in 1937. They were attempting to fly from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska. Levanevsky was featured on two Soviet stamps, Scott C61 and C68.
Ed Foster
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03:43:36pm
Very slick, Ed!
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Even if it's not your field, I'd recommend that others go and check out your two articles. They are very well written and very well laid out.
Looking forward to more!
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I just put up a new page on my blog. This time it is the Lithuanian-Americans and their attempts to fly from New York to Kaunas. They were a big deal in their day.
http://classicairmailcollection.com/category/blog/
Click on the headline or the stamp.
In researching these stories, I find the same things over and over. The aircraft were flimsy -- not much more than an engine and a huge gas tank. Avionics were primitive so it was easy to get lost. And they were forced to fly low because of icing.
These people were really brave.
Dave - You're going to force me to replace my hats with larger sizes!
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I have added a blog to my airmail collection Web site. The blog will focus on the stories behind the stamps.
The blog is at http://classicairmailcollection.com/category/blog/
The first two entries concern Emilio Carranza and Sigismund Levanevsky.
Carranza was a famous Mexican aviator who crashed and died in 1928 while attempting a nonstop flight from New York City to Mexico City. He was memorialized on Mexican airmail stamps, Scott C5-10 and C40-44.
Levanevsky was a Russian. He was killed, along with 5 crewmembers, in the Arctic in 1937. They were attempting to fly from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska. Levanevsky was featured on two Soviet stamps, Scott C61 and C68.
Ed Foster
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31 Mar 2015
03:43:36pm
re: New blog on my airmail stamps Web site
Very slick, Ed!
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re: New blog on my airmail stamps Web site
Even if it's not your field, I'd recommend that others go and check out your two articles. They are very well written and very well laid out.
Looking forward to more!
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re: New blog on my airmail stamps Web site
I just put up a new page on my blog. This time it is the Lithuanian-Americans and their attempts to fly from New York to Kaunas. They were a big deal in their day.
http://classicairmailcollection.com/category/blog/
Click on the headline or the stamp.
In researching these stories, I find the same things over and over. The aircraft were flimsy -- not much more than an engine and a huge gas tank. Avionics were primitive so it was easy to get lost. And they were forced to fly low because of icing.
These people were really brave.
Dave - You're going to force me to replace my hats with larger sizes!
Ed Foster
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