Lindbergh, Charles A.

Typed letter signed, 2 pages (11 x 8  1/2  in.; 279 x 216 mm), Darien, Connecticut, 16 March 1954, to Jesse Davidson, Forest Hills, New York, responding to Davidson's queries about U.S. Air Mail service between 1918 and 1927; leaves stapled together in upper left corner.  With a carbon copy of Davidson's letter to Lindburgh, 12 March 1954.

Typed letter singed, 2 pages (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 279 x 216 mm), Darien, Conn,, 16 March 1954, to Jesse Davidson, Forest Hills, N. Y.; leaves stapled together in upper left corner. With a carbon copy of Davidson's letter to Lindburgh, 12 March 1954.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

"109 was my favorite plane; I flew it whenever it was available up to the time I had to jump from it one night, above a fog, in northern Illinois."

In 1954, Jesse Davidson, who was writing a book on the history of the Air Mail Service in the U. S. from 1918 to 1927, contacted Lindburgh and asked him to help identify aviators and other people in three photographs from St. Louis's Lambert Field and Chicago's Maywood Field.  One picture depicts a row of reconditioned military aircraft used in the 1920s for the St. Louis-Chicago air service.  Lindburgh remarks, "The four DHs in this photograph were the ones which started the St. Louis-Chicago operation (Nos. 109, 110, 111, and 112 — there was also a No. 108.  The picture must have been taken in the spring of 1926.)  109 was my favorite plane; I flew it whenever it was available up to the time I had to jump from it one night, above a fog, in northern Illinois."