Joe Kittinger signed 8×10 Photo TO JOHN

This is a 8″x10″ Photo signed by Joe Kittinger and inscribed “To John” “102,800 16 Aug 60”. Kittinger was a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a USAF Command Pilot. His initial operational assignment was in fighter aircraft, then he participated in Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior high altitude balloon flight projects from 1956 to 1960, setting a world record for the highest skydive from a height greater than 19 miles (31 km). He was also the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon, and the first man to fully witness the curvature of the earth. This item has been fully examine by a James Spence Authentication (JSA) representative.