WALTER J. CARR 1896-1970

You can find a photo of him on the Davis-Monthan Field Register website.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Walter J. Carr", using the Google search engine, (10-26-06), you will find about 22 links. Perhaps the most helpful are the following.

 

Walter J. Carr      This story of Walter is one of many which are found linked to the Davis-Monthan Field Register website. You will find a full page revue of his career, as well as two photographs, one of him and one of his 1933 "Carr Special". You can access his page by clicking on the title above.      If time permits, I suggest that you visit the homepage and take advantage of the many other stories which are available.

 

Enshrinee: Walter J. Carr      This page on the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame website features a biography of Walter who was enshrined on November 7, 1991. In addition to a comprehensive biography, it displays the only portrait of him which I have been able to find so far. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.      If time permits, I suggest that you visit the homepage of the site and take advantage of the many other resources which are available.

 

CSC AIRCRAFT COMPANY      On this page of the Aerofiles website, you will find an article on the CSC Aircraft Company, with whom Walter Carr was associated about 1924, as well as a photo of his Carr Special. You can access the page by clicking on the title above. You may find it convenient to use the "Find' function on "CARR" in order to locate the entry on the page.

 

Paramount Aircraft Corporation      On this page of the Aerofiles website, you will find an article about the Paramount Aircraft Corporation, with whom Walter Carr was associated about 1928 to 1932. Included are descriptions and photgraphs of four of the planes which were produced by the company. You can access the page by clicking on the title above. You may find it convenient to use the "Find' function on "CARR" in order to locate the entry on the page.

 

VETERAN PILOTS TOAST CURTISS' EPOCHAL FLIGHT, 1935      Walter J. Carr was among the nine veteran pilots, all Early Birds, who took part in commemoration of the late Glenn H. Curtiss' record flight across Sandusky Bay in 1911. For the complete story, with a photo, click on the title above.

 

PONTE VICCHIO - ITALY from Kris McKaren's website

WAS WALTER AN ARTIST? via email from Michelle Hanlon, 12-2-05      Was Walter Carr an artist as well? Someone by that name did an oil painting for my father during WWll of the Ponte Vicchio in Italy Editor's Note: So far, I have been unable to answer Michelle's question. If you can help, please contact us. I will forward your message to her. Thank you.

 

Walter J. Carr died June 19, 1970 in Lansing, Michigan at the age of 74. He was born January 15, 1896 in Ladd, Illinois. His first solo flight was made June 15, 1914 in a Curtiss-type pusher biplane powered with a 50 h.p. Kirkham engine.      From 1914 to 1917 he was engaged in exhibition flying at county and state fairs. In 1917 he became a flight instructor for the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army. After the war he became designer and test pilot with Limo Plane Mfg. Co. in La Salle, Illinois and later with Warner Aircraft Co., Detroit, Michigan as test pilot. In 1936 Carr delivered a Stinson Model A to a Chinese transport company operating between Canton and Hanoi, and remained to fly the route and train native pilots. From The Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP, January, 1971, Number 77   Back