CHARLES EARL HESS
-1968
  
 
Charles E. Hess
  
 
Receiving 50-Year
Early Bird Plaque, 1960
  

 
 
DISCOVERED---MORE EARLY BIRDS

     CHARLES EARL HESS, famous airship "peelot," was mechanic with Lincoln Beachey in 1906, made exhibition airship flights for Roy Knabenshue 1907-08 and was with Ruth Law and her airplane in Daytona Beach, Florida, during the winters of 1912-13 and 1913-14.
from CHIRP - JULY, 1940 - DEARBORN MICH. NUMBER 27
courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir
  

 
 
FIRST DAY COVER
Collection of Stéphane Sebile
  
 
Edward R. Armstrong
  
 
 
 
Charles E. Hess died in 1968
From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster of Members, 1996
 

 
 
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