PERU 1935 PANAGRA +PRO DESOCUPADOS TAX STAMP! VICE PRES HAROLD HARRIS PAN AM AIR

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ONE REGISTERED FROM IQUITOS & OTHER WITH LIMA SLOGAN BACKSTAMP, SUPERB COVERS TO THE FAMOUS PAN AM & PANAGRA VICE PRESIDENT HAROLD H HARRIS IN LIMA !!SEE PHOTOS !!! NO RESERVE, SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $2.00 IN USA, OR $3.00 FOREIGN. ITEMS NOT REGISTERED OR INSURED ARE SENT AT BUYERS RISK. ALL ITEMS OVER $40.00 IN USA MUST BE INSURED AT BUYERS COST. ALL ITEMS OVER $80.00 FOREIGN MUST BE REGISTERED AT BUYERS COST. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY. CHECK MY VERY HIGH FEEDBACK !!!!! --------------------------------------------------� Harold Ross Harris� (December 20, 1895 – July 28, 1988) was a notable American test pilot and� U.S. Army Air Force� officer who held 26 flying records. He made the first flight by American pilots over the� Alps� from� Italy� to� France, successfully tested the world's first pressurized aircraft, was the first airman to safely escape an aircraft by "bailing out" using a free-fall� parachute.[1][2]� In his civilian career he helped create the first� aerial application� "crop dusting" business,[2]� and later retired as vice-president of� Pan American Airways.Harold R. Harris was born on 20 December 1895 in Chicago, Illinois as a son of Ross Allen Harris and his wife Mae Plumb Harris. He showed an interest in aircraft at an early age, and at the age of 15 skipped school to attend the first National Aviation Meeting from 10–20 January 1910 at� Dominguez Field, in� Los Angeles, California. As there were no aviation engineering courses yet available he studied� Mechanical Engineering� at the� Throop College of Technology� (later� Caltech) in 1910 and 1911, graduating with a B.S. Because of� World War I, in 1916 Harold R. Harris joined a� Citizen’s Military Training Camp� at� Monterey, California, which was one of the few with an aviation unit. Enrolling there he became an Engineering Officer in the First Provisional Aero Squadron. When the U.S. entered the war, Harris enlisted in the� Army Signal Reserve Corps� at� San Diego, California. He was sent to the first ground school class at the� University of California Berkeley, and graduated in July 1917. After graduation he was sent to Europe for flight training where he helped set up the 8th Aviation Instruction Center for the Allied Expeditionairy Force in� Foggia, Italy. After 181 minutes of dual instruction time, he soloed, and shortly afterward was named Chief Instructor for both day and night training. He served at Foggia from March to July 1918. While there Harris flew Farman and� Caproni� bombers. On July 25, 1918, Harris along with co-pilot, George Lewis, led the first successful flight by American pilots over the Alps, crossing from Italy to France in four Caproni bombers. While based in Italy Harris also helped the� United States Navy� establish an aerial ferry route from� Ilan� to� Paris. Following the conclusion of World War I, in September 1918 Harris was recalled to the United States and assigned as a test pilot at� Wilbur Wright Field� in� Dayton, Ohio.[2]� He remained at Wilbur Wright Filed until 1920 when the Engineering Division was reassigned to� McCook Field, near downtown Dayton.[2]� McCook field was the Army Air Service's experimental test field. There Harris was appointed Chief, Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, US Army Air Service. At McCook Field Harris became one of the Army's most important experimental test pilots.[2][3] On June 8, 1921 Harris became the first pilot to fly a pressurized aircraft when he successfully flew a Dayton-Wright USD-9A with an experimental pressurized cockpit.[1][2]� Two McCook Field test pilots had previously tried to fly the aircraft without success, including test pilot� John A. Macready, who held the world altitude record in an oxygen equipped unpressurized aircraft.[1][2]� On August 11, 1921, Harold R. Harris flew the first airmail aircraft designed to pick up airmail sacks from the ground.[1] On October 20, 1922 Harris made history as the first pilot to bail out of a stricken aircraft using a free-fall parachute.[1][2]� Harris was flying a� Loening� monoplan... read more

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