LOUIS G. ERICKSON -1946

 

DISCOVERED---MORE EARLY BIRDS      LOUIS G. ERICKSON soloed in July 1910, in a Curtiss-type biplane of his own make. He doesn't divulge the information, but the engine looks just like the Curtiss four-cylinder, water-cooled one of that period. This followed an earlier model with a Buick automobile engine, which, evidently, didn't do so well at flying. In the same year members of the Aero Club of America were making balloon ascents from Springfield and the great manufacturing city was all agog. Erickson started a factory and built five machines in all. from CHIRP - JULY, 1940 - DEARBORN MICH. NUMBER 27 courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

LOUIS ERICKSON ON THE AeroFiles WEBSITE The only reference to Louis I have found on the net is on the AeroFiles website. You can visit that reference by clicking on: Experimental Aircraft assn. and using the "Find" function on "Erika" Plan to spend some time on this wonderful site.

 

Louis Erickson died in 1946 From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster of Members January 1, 1996   Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back