Charles Lindbergh Signed Photograph To Frank Hawks.

LINDBERGH, Charles.

Item Number: 78007

Silver gelatin print of Charles Lindbergh piloting an airplane. Inscribed by Lindbergh, “To Frank M. Hawks Sincerely Charles Lindbergh Jan. 11, 1930.” The recipient Frank Hawks was a pilot in the United States Army Air Service during World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe. In the aftermath of Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight, Hawks flew to Washington with his wife on board, to greet the triumphant Lindbergh, and in the ensuing glare of publicity, Hawks was hired by the Ryan Aircraft company to be its official representative. In the Ford National Reliability Air Tour, Hawks placed sixth and earned $1,000.00 in prize money. With the public idolizing Lindbergh, Hawks toured the country, selling rides in the aircraft “like Lindy flew.” Prolific in the media and continually in the “public eye”, in the 1937 The Mysterious Pilot movie serial, Hawks was billed as the “fastest airman in the world.” A popular saying from the time, was “Don’t send it by mail… send it by Hawks.” After retiring from a career as an air racer, he died in 1938, flying an experimental aircraft. In fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 20.5 inches. An exceptional association linking two of the twentieth century aviators.