Joe Kittinger Signed Photograph and Signed 'Balloon Mail' Cover
US Air Force officer (1928–2022) who held the world record for the highest skydive—102,800 feet—from 1960 until 2012, and the first person to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon. Two items: a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Kittinger's record-breaking 'Project Excelsior' parachute jump, signed in black felt tip, "Joe W. Kittinger, 102,800', 16 Aug. 60"; and a 'balloon mail' cover carried during the 1980 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, signed on the front in blue ballpoint , "Joe Kittinger," with his stamped signature on the reverse. In overall fine condition.
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US Air Force officer (1928–2022) who held the world record for the highest skydive—102,800 feet—from 1960 until 2012, and the first person to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon. Two items: a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Kittinger's record-breaking 'Project Excelsior' parachute jump, signed in black felt tip, "Joe W. Kittinger, 102,800', 16 Aug. 60"; and a 'balloon mail' cover carried during the 1980 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, signed on the front in blue ballpoint , "Joe Kittinger," with his stamped signature on the reverse. In overall fine condition.
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