PIONEER FLYERS

Editors Note: It becomes obvious to even the amateur aviation historian, like myself, that many of the pioneer flyers were not members of the Early Bird organization. Even those who soloed before the cutoff date, December 17, 1916 and were otherwise eligible, were either overlooked as candidates or didn't bother to apply. Nevertheless, I think they deserve our attention if we are to understand and appreciate the roles they played in the development of aviation. To that end, I hope to add a few to this page as time and opportunity permits.
 

 
 
AMERICAN PIONEERS

 
  ABBEY, Evers
ACOSTA, Bert
ADAMS, Turk
ALEXANDER, J. Don
ANDERSON, C. Alfred
ANDO, C.
ANDREWS, E. F.
APPLEBY, Cal
AUSTIN, Charles
BACH, Erna
BACH, L. Morton
BADGER, William R.
BAKER, Hobey
BALDWIN, Thomas
BANNING, J. Herman
BARIN, Louis
BARKSDALE, Eugene
BARNES, P. F.
BARRETT, Thomas
BARTOW, Jack "Red"
BAUDER, Lynn
BEACH. George
BEACHEY. Lincoln
BEAVERS, Bert
BECK, Paul W.
BEECH, Alexander
BEERS, Earl
BEHR, Kenneth
BELL, F., M.
BELL, George E.
BELL, Grover
BENBOW, Thomas C.
BENEDICT, Ray
BENOIST, Thomas
BERGDOLL, Grover
BERLIN, Claude
BERTAUD, Lloyd
BEST, Joe
BETTIS, Cyrus
BIDDLE, Charles
BIFFLE, Ira O.
BILLARD, Phil.
BILLINGSLEY, William.
BING, George.
BINGHAM, Halsey.
BIXLER, John A.
BLACK, Fred L.
BLAIR, Russell
BLAKELY, Harold.
BOARDMAN, Russell
BOLAND, Frank E.
BOLLING, Raynal
BONNETTE, C. C.
BONNEY, Leonard
BOSTON, Art
BOWERSOX, A.
BRESSMAN, A.
BRIGGS, A. W.
BREADNER, George.
BRINDLEY, Oscar.
BRODIE, Otto.
BROMWELL, Laura
BRONSON, C. G.
BROOKLEY, Wendell.
BROOKS, Sidney.
BROSSY, Frederick A.
BROWN, John F..
BRUKNER, Clayton
BRUNER, Harold
BRYANT, John M.
BULLARD, Eugene
BUNCE, Howard S.
BURGESS, George.
BURKE, William
BURLINGAME, Elmer
BURNS, John
BUTUSOV, William P.
CABANISS, Robert
CALL, Loren H.
CALLAWAY, Stephen
CAMPBELL, Mark M.
CARLSON, Charles
CARLSTROM, Carl
CARLSTROM, Victor
CASTELLANE, Tony
CHAMBERLIN, Clarence
CHAMBERS, Albert
CHAMPION, Frank
CHANUTE, Octave
CHARLETON, Victor
CHASE, Charles S.
CHENEY, William
CHEVALIER, Godfrey
CHRISTOFFERSON, Silas
CHURCH, James
CLARK, Halford
CLEVELAND, E. W.
CLARKE, Dr. J.C.
CODY, Mabel
CODY, Samuel
COFFELT, Glenn
COHEN, Aaron
COLE, Christopher
COLE, J. J.
COLEMAN, Bessie
COLOVAN, Peter
COMEGYS, Edward
COMPERE, Harold
COOK, Arthur B.
COOKE, Weldon B.
CORKILLE, John
COSTA, Joe.
COUCH, William
COWDIN, Elliot
CROFT, Alfred
CROUT, Charles M.
DALLAS, Jack
DAVIDSON, Walter H.
DAVIS, Noel
DAWSON, Joseph
DEBEESON, George
DEVRY, Herman
DICKINSON, Charles
DION, Peter
DIXON, Cromwell
DODD, Townsend F.
DOOLITTLE, James
DORR, Stephen
DORTCH, I. F.
DOWNEY, Joe
DREW, Andrew
DREW, Sidney
DREXEL, J. Armstrong
DUFFY, Mrs. William
DURANT, Cliff
DURAY, Arthur
EBERTS, Melchior
EDGAR, Stuart
EDWARDS, Walter
EELLS, Fred
ELLINGTON, Eric
ELY, Eugene
EMERY, Harri
ENDERTON, Otto
ENGLEHARDT, Leon
EPPS, Ben T.
ERDMAN, Carl
EVANS, Edward
FAIRCHILD, Walter
FANNING, J. J.
FELTON, William
FERGUSON,
FETTERS,
FINAN, Edward
FOGG, Robert S.
FORBES, A. Holland
FOWLER, Ransom
FREEMAN, Arch
FRITTS, Earl
GALLAUDET, Edson F.
GAINES, Albert B.
GAIRENS, Martin
GARLICK, Charles E.
GATSCHET, Charles
GEIGER, Harold
GEIGER, Roy S.
GEIGER, William
GEIGER, Jr., William
GERALDSON, Lloyd
GERSTNER, Frederick
GILL, Howard
GILPATRIC, Guy
GOEBEL, Art
GREEN, Johnny
GRANT, Duncan
GREENE, Ralph N.
GREGORY, Ben
GREVE, Louis W.
GRETH, Dr. August
GRIFFIN, Charles
GUNN, Tom
GUTHRIE, Clifford
HALL, Whipple
HAMILTON, Carl
HAMILTON, Charles
HARKNESS, Harry
HARMON, Clifford B..
HARRIS, Harold R.
HARTNESS, James
HECKSHER, G.M.,
HARTMAN, Rudolph R.
HATTEMER, Henry
HAWLEY, Charles
HEEGEL, Fred
HEINRICH, A. S.
HEMSTROUGHT, W.
HENDRICKSON, C. J.
HENNESSY, Frederick
HEQUEMBOURG, Ted
HERBSTER, Victor D.
HERRING, Augustus
HETLIK
HILL, James D.
HILLIARD, William
HINTON, Walter.
HOFMANN, Richard
HOLT
HOOD, Gordon
HORNER, Jr., Joseph
HOXSEY, Arch.
HUBBARD, Edward
HUBBARD, Gardner
HUTCHISON, Edmund
HYLAN, Ray
IRVINE, Lily
JAMES, C.N. "Jimmy".
JANNUS, Roger.
JANNUS, Tony.
JAPP, Alex
JEWELL, Albert.
JOHNSON, Arthur
JOHNSON, J. Thad
JOHNSON, Ralph
JOHNSTONE, Ralph.
JOHNSTONE, St. Croix.
JORSTAD, Jonas
JULIAN, Hubert.
JUMP, Russell.
JUNKEN, Elwood
KABRICH, Chas. H.
KEARNEY, Horace
KEHOE, JR., Frank
KELLER, Henry C.
KELLY, G. E. M.
KELLY, Hugh M.
KEULING, Edgar L.
KERNS, Thaddeus
KERNS, Thaddeus
KIEL, Edward
KINNER, W. Bertrum
KLEMIN, Alexander
KNAPP, E.G.
KNIGHT, Jack
KORN, Milton
KOWALSKI, John
KREAMER, Daniel
LACKLAND, Frank
LAJOTTE, Charles A.
LAKE, Christopher
LANDIS, Reed
LANSDOWNE, Zachary
LANE, Foster Albert
LAWRENCE, F. D.
LAWRENCE, George
LEES, Richard Henry.
LEVAN, Howard.
LILLIE, Max
LINCOLN, Ernest
LINDEBURG, Alfred
LIRETTE, Adney
LOOSE, George
LOVE, Moss
LUCKEY, William S.
LUDWIG, Vangle
LUFBERY, Raoul
MAAR, Carl
MacGORDON, Steve
MACREADY, John A.
MACEY, Horace T.
MALICK, Emory C.
MAMER, Nicholas
MARONEY, Terah
MARTIN, William Knox
MASON, C P
MATTERN, Jimmie
MAYNARD, Belvin W.
MAUPIN, L. B.
McCALLUM, J. C..
McCONNELL, James R.
McCOY, John
McCULLOUGH, David
McGEE, Don
McGEE, Jack
McGOEY, Thomas
McGRATH, John
McGUIRE, Mickey
McKEE, Frank
McKENZIE
McMILLEN, Ralph
McQUOWN, Garner
McQUEEN, Elizabeth
MENDELL, Loren W.
MERRILL, Henry
MERRILL, Lt.
METZGER, Sammy
MILLER, Frank H.
MILLER, Willie
MILLMAN, Tex
MINERLY, Wilson
MITCHELL, Louis"
MITCHELL, William"
MITKIEWICZ, Raphael"
MITSCHER, Marc A."
MOISANT, John B."
MONTGOMERY, John
MORGAN, Sumner B.
MORROW, J. C. .
MURRAY, J. M. C.
MUSTIN, H. C.
NESMITH, Claude
NEWBERRY, George
NIBECK, Ernest
NILES, Charles F.
NOLL, Henry
NOLTA, Floyd
O'BRIEN, Clifford
O'BRIEN, Pat
OCKER, William
PACK, Walter
PAGE, Phillips
PAGE, Rutherford
PANGBORN, Clyde
PARADISE, Irving
PARK, J. D.
PARMELEE, Charles
PARMELEE, Philip O.
PARTRIDGE, E. L.
PAYNE, Frank
PEARSE, Richard
PAYNE, Frank
PECK, Paul
PEOLI, Cecil
POLANDO, John
POWERS, Harry W.
PRINCE, Norman
PROBST, John
PRODGER, Clifford
PUFFLER, Hugh A.
PULLIAM, Keeling.
QUICK, William L.
QUIMBY, Harriet
RADER, Phil
RAîCHE, Bessica
RAWSON, George
REDDING, Chauncey
REDFERN, Paul
REISWEBER, Ben
REMINGTON, Earle C.
RICHTER, Joseph
RINEHEART, Sunshine
ROBBERTS, Sid
ROBBINS, Charles
ROBINSON, Billy
ROCKWELL, Hugh
ROCKWELL, Kiffin
ROCKWELL, Lewis
RODGERS, Calbraith
RODGERS, John
ROGERSON, John
ROLFE, Monte
ROWE, Basil
ROWE, Bonnie
ROY, Gladys
ROYSTONE, Charles
RUNSER, Harry J.
RUSHING, Billy Glenn
SAM
SANDT, Earl
SAUFLEY, R. C.
SCHMITT, George
SCHWISTER, John
SCOTT, Riley
SEIDELL, Florence
SELFRIDGE, Thomas E.
SELIGMAN, Jesse.
SELLERS, Matthew B.
SEWELL, George.
SEYMOUR, Joseph
SHEPPARD, Harold
SHERWOOD, Oliver
SHOEMAKER, Joe
SHORT, Shirley J.
SHRIVER, Todd
SIMMS, Mary
SIGNOR, Harry
SJOLANDER, Carl T.
SMITH, Art
SMITH, B. L.
SMITH, Bernard
SMITH, Dean C.
SMITH, Edgar B.
SMITH, Leon "Windy"
SMITH, George F.
SMITH, Rexford
SMITH, Samuel H.
SNYDER, Delmar
SOUBIRAN, Robert
SOUTHARD, Fred
SOUTHEE, Earl
SOUTHERN, Neta Snook
SPAINHOUR, James
SPENCER, Stanley
SPRATT, George
SQUIRES, G
STACY, Charles E.
STANLEY, Alfred
STARBUCK, Art
STEVENS, Wade
STEVENSON, Joseph
STITES, Frank
ST. HENRY, Robert
STOLZ, M. L.
STRANG, Louis
STRATTON, John
STROM, Tony
STROMER, George
STUTZ, Wilmer
SULLIVAN, W.F.
SUNDERLAND, Anthony
TAIT, Mr.
TALIAFERRO, Walter.
TART, Edward
TEASDALE, Charles E.
TAYLOR, Charles E.
TERRELL, C. A.
TERRILL, Frank J.
THIELMAN, Annabelle
THOMPSON, George
TIER, Nancy Hopkins
TODD, E. Lillian
TOMLINSON, George
TURNER, Henry
TYNDALL, Frank B.
UNDERWOOD, George
UNGER, Kenneth R.
UNKNOWN
VAN ANDEN, Frank
VAN METER, Joseph
VAN METER, Joseph
VAN NESS, Perceval
VERVILLE, Alfred
WADE, Leigh
WALKER, John C.
WALLY
WALSH, Charles F.
WARD, James J.
WARNER, Edward P.
WATERMAN, Eddie.
WATRES, Reyburn.
WEAVER, George
WEBB, Torrey
WEILER, George
WELLMAN, Walter
WELLS, R. Gibbon
WELSH, Arthur
WETZIG, Herman
WEYMAN, Henry
WHITEHEAD, Gustave
WINDER, Charles
WILLIAMS, Beryl
WILLIAMS, J. Newton
WILLIAMS, Osbert
WILLIS, H. R.
WILLIS, Robert H.
WILSON, Leroy
WIMAN, Charles
WITTEMANN, Paul W.
WITTEMANN, Walter.
WINZEN, Ferdinand
WOOSTER, S. H.
WYEN, Aloys J.
 

 
 
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