JOHN DANIEL PROBST, JR. -1932 AKA Dan Probst

John Daniel Probst Jr. Waco Texas March 1918 Collection of Norm Whitlach, 8-12-04

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES-1 via email from Norm Whitlach, 8-12-04 I am sending you the 2 pictures I have and will look for more. I am just going thru a few things that were given to me by my mother. The photo of John in leather has his name "John Daniel Probst Jr. Waco Texas March 1918" on the back.      John was the brother of Judy Probst (never married). Judy lived in Altadena Calif. then moved to South Laguna Beach were she died. I will follow up with more info if you think this is the John Probst you are looking for. Norm

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES-2 Contributed by S. Piet de Camp      Dan Probst was a flight instructor at the old Newark Airport in New Jersey. He was a good friend of my Aunt, Alfreda "Billie" Schwarz and taught her to fly. She was the first woman pilot in New Jersey. She owned a Dehaviland Gypsy Moth biplane and later a Curtis Robin High wing cabin airplane. Perhaps she should be in your web site.      Dan was killed during a flight lesson. Billie told me that a student apparently froze at the controls and they both were killed. I have some pictures of Dan and my Aunt Billie. One of them is me at one year old in 1932 sitting in the open cockpit of the Dehaviland. In.1949 I became a pilot myself. S Piet De Camp

 

John Daniel Probst Jr. Collection of Norm Whitlach, 8-12-04

Dan Probst Dec. 25, 1930 Contributed by Paul DeCamp, 8-14-10

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 1      If you search for "John Daniel Probst, Jr." +aviation, using the Google search engine, (8-29-10), you will find about 52 links. Some of them will be useful to you. However, I found a searcch on the other form of his name to be more valuable.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 2      If you search for "Dan Probst", using the Google search engine, (8-29-10), you will find about 63 links. Perhaps the most helpful is the following.

 

Students at the Thomas Aviation School St. Augustine, Florida. Seated in the machine, Alfred Pelton, Montreal. Standing, left to right: Dan Probst, Englewood; G. Keck, Montreal; William Carter, Calgary; Allen Wilson, Montreal. Seated, left to right: C. Ray Benedict, instructor; Ted De Kolff, Thomas Shearer and Geo. Smith, Montreal. from Aerial Age Weekly, March 20, 1910

 

Thomas Aviation School - 1910      There are at present fifteen students enrolled at the Thomas Aviation School at St. Augustine, Florida. The climatic conditions have been so favorable that Instructor C. Ray Benedict reports excellent progress in both the land and water branches of the school. The students at present hard at work are: Allen Wilsonk, Montreal; J. H. Morrow, Toronto; Thomas Sheader, Toronto; Alfred Pelton, Montreal; William Carter, Calgary; L. Smith, Toronto; Kirby Whitsett, Kansas City; Ronald Kurstead, Toronto; Dan Probst , Englewood; Geo. Peck, Montreal; Ted D. Koiff, Montreal; Thomas Shearer, Toronto, and George Smith. from Aerial Age Weekly, March 20, 1910

 

John D. Probst, Jr. died in 1932 From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster of Members January 1, 1993   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back