CHAMPION - 1972 - ELGEN LONG'S HISTORIC FLIGHT PRINT AD - A CHANGE OF PACEA pioneer aviatorA wonderful item for your aviation and American Aircraft Industry collections. An original, one page print ad of Champion spark plugs, showing Captain Elgen Long and his Piper Navajo, with which he made a historic flight in 1971, starting in San Fransisco, flying over the North and South Poles plus the Greenwich Meridian and the International Dateline. The flight covered 38,000 statute miles in 28 days, 215 flying hours and setting 8 world records. Read all in this wonderful ad.More about Elgen Long here. And his own website is here. He has also authored a book on Amelia Erhart's fate.Advertisement on the back side: Italy's SELENIA. Ask for a scan, if interested on this side.Approximate size 23.5 x 32.7 cm. In very good condition. In English. Please also check other items on sale and completed listings to see other rare pieces for the serious collectors. If you need any, please write and it will be relisted upon request. Shipping and handling, fixed fee worldwide, by Registered Air Mail : USD $ 10.00. Shipping and handling discount for multiple lots always available from seller. Multiple purchases paid together will be gladly combined for shipment.
