FRANK SCHOBER
1891-1970
 
 
Frank Schober
 
 
Frank Schober - 1922
Collection of Frank Schober
Courtesy of Margaret Schober Seaman, 3-23-06
 

 
   
  Model Planes
1908-1912
Early Flights
1912-
Curtiss
1913
 

 
   
  Lawson
1917-1922
Barling Bomber
1922-1923
Radio Shop
1924
 

 
 
 
       Frank Schober, who had been living in retirement since suffering a stroke in 1961, died at Cape May, N.J. July 19, 1970 at the age of 79. He was born in New York City April 21, 1891.
     He has written his own obituary for CHIRP and it is quoted as follows: ---
     "Frank was one of the pioneers of Aviation, having soloed a plane in 1912. He worked up to 1923 for some of the big plane builders, Curtiss of Hammondsport, Lawson Airlines, Navy NC-4 and the Barling bomber for the Air Force. In recognition of his solo flight, he received a bronze plaque from the Early Birds of Aviation, of which he was a member.
     "He leaves his wife, Margaret; two daughters, Nancy Carstens, Greenwood Lake, N.J. and Peggy Seaman of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; also two sisters, Alice Schober and Sophia Dredger of South Hampton, L.I."
 
 
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