WWPCM12927
publisher "Insurance Company of North America"
(USA)
deck "Early aviation" (52+2J), 1972
limited edition, dimension 3¼" x 4¼"
there is a leaflet:
ACES: Rittmeister von Richthofen, the famed
"Red Baron" of World War I; Major Edward "Mick" Mannock, Britain's top WWI ace;
Capitaine Rene Paul Fonck, the top Allied ace of WWI; and Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker, the war's most acclaimed American pilot.
KINGS: Samuel Pierpont Langley, American
scientist and inventor; the Wright Brothers, who designed and flew the first
powered, man-carrying plane; M. Louis Bleriot, the first pilot to fly across the
English Channel in 1909; and Glenn H. Curtiss, airplane designer.
QUEENS: Harriett Quimby, first woman to fly
across the English Channel in 1912; Amy Johnson, first woman to complete solo
flight from England to Australia, 1930; Amelia Earhart, first woman to make solo
crossing of the North Atlantic, 1932; Jacqueline Cochrane, first woman to break
the sound barrier.
JACKS: Charles Lindbergh, made non-stop
crossing of the Atlantic, 1927; Admiral Richard Byrd, first man to fly over both
the North and South Poles; Gen. Billy Mitchell, a pioneer in military aviation
in WWI; and Wiley post, who made first solo flight around the world in 1933.
