Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2851

Photo and penned letter to Heath from Charles F. Williams, 4446 W. Price Street, Los Angeles 27, California

March 8, 1963

 

 

Mr. Spencer Heath:

              Greetings:

After meeting you some time back I “filed” your address and only came upon it again these last few days.

 I am sorry indeed for this mishap but such is life.

 Herewith I send you a photo of the aeroplane “Express” named thus — as I flew it over the City of Los Angeles — Dec. 9, 1910 for the newspaper Express.

 This was the first flight over Los Angeles — and your propeller did a fine job.

 This machine was a large sized “Curtiss” which I built here for exhibition work and had front and rear elevators to help get it into and out of some of the half-mile tracks which were presented as flying fields.

 My wish is that you are well and that you can find time to drop me a line — at your convenience.

Sincerely,

(Signed) Charles F. Willard

 

US Air Pilot #4

4446 W Price St

 Los Angeles 27

        Calif

/Penned on reverse of photo:/

To Spencer Heath the man who made the propeller for the “Express”

The first aeroplane to fly over the City of Los Angeles

Dec. 9, 1910   — Charles F. Willard