FIRST FLIGHT TRANS-PACIFIC INAUGURAL PASSENGER SERVICE, HAWAII TO GUAM - October 22, 1936

This is a scarce first flight cover for the inauguration of Trans-Pacific passenger service for Pan American Airways between Hawaii and Guam.  This cover was  flown from Honolulu, Hawaii on October 22, 1936 and backstamped at Guam on October 26, 1936.

This cover is autographed by Captain Edwin Musick, Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneer of many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean on the China Clipper.  Because of his exploits with Pan American, Musick was one of the best known pilots of the 1930s, even making the cover of Time Magazine on December 2, 1935.  At one point during the 1930s, Musick held more flying records than any other pilot. At the time of his death, Captain Musick had reportedly flown about two million transocean miles in airline service.