DS, signed twice, “N. A. Armstrong,” one page, 8 x 12.75, June 25, 1964. NASA Aircraft Clearance form for Armstrong and co-pilot Captain J. F. Stegall, out of the Port Columbus operations office. The trip began at the Port Columbus Airport and finished at Ellington Air Force Base in Texas. Report, filled out in another hand in pencil, lists the flight route, mileage, transponder code, and equipment used. Near the bottom, in the remarks column, Armstrong writes, “Request radar vector climb on course,” and signed as the flight’s pilot, “N. A. Armstrong.” He signs again at the bottom, in pencil, “as the flight’s clearing authority.” Also, at the top of the document, on the Operations Office line, Armstrong has added, “(N. A. A.).” Torn punch holes to top edge, a central horizontal fold, and a couple of creases to bottom portion of page, otherwise fine condition. Armstrong had been selected for the astronaut program in 1962, and would make his first space flight two years later on Gemini 8 in 1966. Armstrong item with any direct relation to flying are quite uncommon, with this example even more so bearing two signatures. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.
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