Golden Falcon Eastern Airlines, Commemorative Glasses, With Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's Signature

Eastern Airlines, Golden Falcon Commemorative glasses, with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's signature, to commensurate with the delivery and introduction of Eastern's Golden Falcon Prop-Jet Electra service issued in 1959.
A race car driver, World War I Ace fighter pilot, and chairman of Eastern Airlines, Eddie Rickenbacker always managed to keep death at bay. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was born in 1890 in Columbus, Ohio. After WWI, Rickenbacker joined General Motors, where he was made general manager of its subsidiary, Miami-based Eastern Airlines, Inc. as incorporated in Delaware on March 29, 1938. Rickenbacker and some investors bought Eastern. The initial Electra version, designated L-188A was first flown in commercial service,by Eastern Airlines on January 12th, 1959, and by American Airlines on January 23rd of that same year.
The glasses are 4 3/4" Tall and 2 1/2" in diameter and are in very good condition.
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