MIDDLETOWN TO CARLISLE PENNSYLVANIA "VIA AIR MAIL ONLY" 10c AIR RATE
CLEAR HANDSTAMPED CACHET.
ALL THREE FLIERS MADE THEIR APPEARANCE TO CELEBRATE THEIR HISTORIC FLIGHTFROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO WALES.SCARCE COVER. EARLY IN AMELIA EARHART'S CAREER.
WILL SEND INSURED WITH TRACKING.
Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Louis Gordon appeared together for a special "Stultz Day" celebration in July 1928.
- July 28, 1928.
- Middletown, Pennsylvania (Stultz had personal ties to the area, as he married a local resident, Mildred Botts, there in 1919). [1,
- Significance: The trio—pilot Wilmer Stultz, mechanic Louis Gordon, and passenger Amelia Earhart—celebrated together following their historic June 1928 transatlantic flight aboard the Fokker F.VII tri-motor Friendship.
- Louis Gordon participated in a special event airmail flight during the festivities.
"Stultz Day" was held in Middletown, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 1928, to honor aviator Wilmer Lower "Bill" Stultz following his historic trans-Atlantic flight.In June 1928, Stultz piloted the Fokker F.VIIb/3m seaplane named the Friendship from Newfoundland to Wales, famously carrying Amelia Earhart (making her the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air) and flight mechanic Louis Gordon.Because Stultz had married Mildred Botts of Middletown in 1919, the residents of the town claimed him as their "hometown hero". To celebrate his landmark aviation achievement, Middletown organized a massive community homecoming celebration. Earhart and Gordon both joined the residents of Middletown for the special event, which featured a commemorative airmail flight flown by Gordon.
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