Ryan Airlines Telegram Quoting $15,000 for Two-Seat Transatlantic Aircraft (1927)

Western Union telegram from A.J. Edwards to Donald Hall quoting fifteen thousand dollars to build a two-seat Lindbergh type aircraft. — Ryan Airlines Telegram Quoting $15,000 for Two-Seat Transatlantic Aircraft (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A primary commercial telegram sent via Western Union from San Diego on June 15, 1927, by A.J. Edwards, Sales Manager of Ryan Airlines, to Donald Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Responding to Hall's transmission regarding international inquiries, Edwards confirms: "Subject to prior orders can deliver two seater Lindbergh type sixty days from receipt of order price definitely established fifteen thousand dollars can build two jobs without affecting stock production at present." The document records the commercial valuation and rapid production capability of Hall's transatlantic design immediately following the Paris triumph.