Partly-printed DS, signed “Amelia M. Earhart,” one page, 6 x 4, September 8, 1928. A contestant's card for the transcontinental "National Air Races" held at Mines Field in Los Angeles, California between September 8-16, 1928. The card is dated to the opening day and lists the city as "Pecos, Texas." Signed at the conclusion by Earhart as field referee, and countersigned by the chief judge and chief timer. Mounted and framed to an overall size of 12.75 x 10.75. In fine condition.
Following her historic transatlantic flight in June 1928, Earhart embarked on a lengthy lecture tour of the United States, one not without its share of mechanical issues. After a brief stop in Hobbs, New Mexico, Aerhart's Avian aircraft suffered motor problems that forced her to land amid the mesquite bushes and salt hills not far from Pecos, a control stop for the recently commenced National Air Races. Earhart was delayed in the town for five days and, according to the book Amelia Earhart: The Turbulent Life of American Icon, she was named the local referee for the Pecos control stop. A highly uncommon format signed by history's foremost aviatrix only months after having achieved her greatest flying feat.
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