^Lot 319 Stanley Aviation Corporation Stock Specimen,

NY. 1970's. Specimen common stock. Odd shares, green border. Eagle vignette. The Stanley Aviation Corporation was founded by Robert M. Stanley, an accomplished Navy test pilot. The company began operations in Buffalo, NY in 1948. In 1964, Stanley Aviation acquired the Gamah Corp of Santa Monica, CA, who designed and manufactured flexible 0-ring couplings and metal seal couplings for use in the aerospace filed. Gamah Corp's primary customers are the Douglas Aircraft Co and Boeing. Gamah metal seal couplings were also selected by NASA's Apollo program for use on the Lunar Excursion Module, which landed on the moon on July 16, 1969. Similar couplings made of refractory metals were selected for intercontinental ballistic missile programs. Robert M. Stanley's died in a plane crash on July 16, 1977 and was enshirned in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1990. SCBNC. XF.