GUY GILPATRIC AKA J. G. Gilpatric

Portrait extracted from the GLENN H. CURTISS The Henry Ford of Aviation Website

 

SCHOOL IN PENNSYLVANIA It would seem that Atwood's intermediate landing on the beach at Ocean City in July of 1911 on his 12-day flight from Boston to Washington with a pot of beans for the President stirs Sheahan's infant interest and he becomes a fan. He becomes active in the Aero Club of Pennsylvania and writes for Flying and Aircraft. He is on the job when Grover Bergdoll is flying his Wright B in the Philadelphia area in 1912 and to allay his suspense he begins flying himself a 30 h.p. single-seater at the Heinrich school at Hempstead. George Page is there; Harold Kantner and Guy Gilpatric are at adjoining schools. from CHIRP - APRIL, 1947 - PESCO, CLEVELAND, OHIO - NUMBER 35 courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

AERO CLUB OF CANADA FORMED      At the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station at Newport News, of a total of eighty students taught the first class of ten were to distinguish themselves in the conflict and I was much gratified that they wrote me of their experiences in England and on the front. Only three survived the war. Macurdy became and still is Canada's number one aviation citizen. At a dinner one night the was formed to which Macurdy and instructor pilots Carlstrom, Jannus, (the author whose many stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post) and I were invited and made honorary members. From Autobiography of an Early Bird by Victor Vernon Courtesy of Victor Vernon III

 

The date of his death is unknown   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Flier, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back