Walter Hinton Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
WALTER HINTON
Born: November 10, 1889
Died: September 28, 1981
Died: September 28, 1981
Hinton (1888-1981) was the co-pilot of the U.S. Navy's NC-4, one of four Navy Curtiss flying boats built during WWI to provide patrol cover for American shipping in the Atlantic against German U-boats. The NC-4, with a crew of six, left Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City on May 8, 1919, reaching Portugal on May 27, 1919 in the first crossing of the Atlantic by air. During the 1920s, Hinton achieved more aviation first: exploring the Arctic by balloon, making the first flight from North to South America, and exploring the Amazon rainforest by hydroplane. He was founding President of the Aviation Institute of America (1927), and an influential writer and public speaker.
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WALTER HINTON Signed Autograph Quotation on his personal letterhead, beginning: "Pilots are made not born." Autograph Quotation signed: "Walter Hinton", 1 page, 7¼x10½. Washington, D.C., no date. On personal letterhead. In full: "Pilots are made not born.Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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WALTER HINTON Navigator on the first transatlantic flight in 1919. Large Photograph inscribed and signed: "To my Good Friend/Ralph Rugh/Walter Hinton". B/w with sepia hue, 9½x13. The U.S. Navy's NC-4 Flying Boat made the first transatlantic flight from May 8-27, 1919. Lieutenant Commander Albert C.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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WALTER HINTON. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Lionel Aucoin/From his friend/Walter Hinton". Sepia, 5x7. In May 1919, Hinton was the co-pilot of the U.S. Navy's NC-4, one of four Navy Curtiss flying boats built during WWI to provide patrol cover for American shipping in the Atlantic against German U-boats.Sale Price $337.50
$375.00
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WALTER HINTON: FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Comprises: (1) TLS: "Walter Hinton", 1p, 7x9. Washington, D.C., 1929 November 14. To Herbert D. Condon, Logansport, Indiana. In full: "Enclosed you will find the signatureSale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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WALTER HINTON. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Walter Hinton" on the stamped cachet, 6½x3¾. Commemorative Cover for the Exchange Club's Service to Aviation Tour, 5-cent Airmail stamp affixed, postmarked Charleston, S.C., January 7, 1931. The cachet honors Hinton's historic 1919 transatlantic crossing.Sale Price $247.50
$275.00
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WALTER HINTON Special cover flown by Hinton from Toledo to Memphis in 1930 and commemorating his flight across the Atlantic in 1919 Special Cover signed: "Walter Hinton", 6½x3½. Typed address to collector in Brooklyn, N.Y. in bottom right. 5-cent airmail stamp affixed, postmarked Emmett, Idaho, May 12, 1930.Sale Price $247.50
$275.00
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WALTER HINTON. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Walter Hinton", 6½x3½. 5-cent airmail stamp affixed, postmarked Cooperstown, N.Y., June 29, 1930. Printed cachet: "Exchange Club Service to Aviation Tour featuring Lieutenant Walter Hinton Pilot NC-4 1st Plane to Fly the Atlantic starting at Toledo Ohio Nov.Sale Price $247.50
$275.00
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WALTER HINTON 1931 airmail envelope signed by Walter Hinton, co-pilot of the first trans-Atlantic flight in 1919 Envelope signed "Walter Hinton" in blue ink. 6½x3¾ airmail envelope. Postmarked Des Moines, Iowa, March 25, 1931 and Orlando, Florida, May 15, 1931. Addressed to A. H. Baker, Orlando, Florida.Sale Price $225.00
$250.00
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WALTER HINTON. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Walter Hinton", 6½x3½. Air Mail envelope bearing 5-cent Air Mail stamp, postmarked Santa Cruz, Calif., April 23, 1931. Cachet commemorates the dedication of Santa Cruz Airport on April 23, 1931 by "Lieutenant Walter Hinton Pilot NC 4". Hinton was the navigator of the U.S.Sale Price $216.00
$240.00
