Elmo N. Pickerill Papers 1910-1975

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart (AE) was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, the first daughter of Amy (Otis) Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Grace Muriel, was born three years later. The family moved several times (to Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines; St. Paul; Chicago) during AE's childhood as her father tried unsuccessfully to establish a profitable legal career. AE graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. ESE's increasing reliance on al...

Quiet Birdmen

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Post, Wiley, 1898-1935

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Mitchell, William, 1879-1936

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William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, commanded all American air combat units in that country. After the war, he was appointed deputy director of the Air Service and began advocating increased investment in air power, believing that this would prove vital in future wars. He argued particularly for the...

Early Birds of Aviation (Organization)

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Pickerill, Elmo N. (Elmo Neale), 1885-1968

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Aviator. From the description of Elmo N. Pickerill papers, 1910-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80754731 From the description of Papers, 19--?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28410359 Biographical Note 1885, May 24 Born, Greenridge, Mo. 1904 1905 ...

Waterman, Waldo Dean, 1894-1976

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Vought, Chance, 1890-1930

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Ox-5 Club of America

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Wings Club (New York, N.Y.)

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Kim, Kyung O.

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Benoist, Tom

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Dunmore, Wallace P.

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Long Island Early Fliers Club

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Gentry, Viola, -1988

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Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930

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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930) was an aviator and businessman. He developed the first practical amphibious airplane, as well as testing ship-based take-offs and landings. From the description of Glenn Hammond Curtiss photographs of early aviation, circa 1900s-1930s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 231717817 Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930), a successful motorcycle manufacturer in Hammondsport, New York, became legendary in the aviation world. Curtiss...

Stinson, Marjorie Claire, 1896-1975

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Aviator. From the description of Marjorie Claire Stinson papers, 1900-1975 (bulk 1955-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81618552 Biographical Note 1896, Jul. 5 Born, Fort Payne, Ala. 1914 Issued U.S. pilot’s license No. 9 191...

Boland, Edward R., 1892-1967

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Denehie, William A. (William Austin), 1891-1974

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