John C. McCoy

JOHN C. MCCOY

AERO CLUB COMMITTEE IN ST. LOUIS, JANUARY 1,
WITH LOCAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Top row, left to right: D. C. Nugent, James E. Smith, Leo Stevens.
Bottom row, left to right: J. C. McCoy, Cortlandt F. Bishop, Alan R. Hawley, Augustus Post.
Photo courtesy of Bill Black, 5-5-09

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Via email from Frank Lennon - 10-31-03 One of New England's best-known daredevils was Pawtucket's Jack McGee, aircraft pioneer and stunt pilot extraordinaire. McGee was born in 1885 in Central Falls and grew up in Maine before moving to Pawtucket when he was 15. He worked as an elevator operator, boxer and auto mechanic before landing a chauffeur's job with J.C. McCoy, (James C. McCoy), a famous ``aeronaut'' of the day.
Hope this is useful=
Frank Lennon
USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc.

Albert Bond Lambert      Albert Bond Lambert, balloon pilot No. 18 of 1908, airplane pilot No. 61 of 1911 and a Junior Military Aeronaut of Army rating, died of heart faliure at his home in St. Louis November 12, 1946, age 72---after a life of activity, accomplishments and service.
     Major Lambert was born in St. Louis, December 6, 1874, the son of Jordan W. Lambert of Alexandria, Va., and Lily (Winn) Lambert. He attended Smith Academy and graduated from Page's School in Virginia in .........where he was on the varsity football team. In 1898 he married Myrtle McGrew.
     Subsequently he became president of Lambert Pharmacal Co. and the Paint, Oil & Drug Co., vice president of others, and a director of the Mechanics American Bank, president of the Board of Police Commissioners, and active in civic organizations.
     He met Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm and his father, and Henry B. Hersey in Paris the year of Lahm's winning of the first Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, and then Cortland Bishop, Alan Hawley and John C. McCoy, and became enthused over aerostation.
     The first month of 1907 he was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Aero Club of St. Louis.
from CHIRP - APRIL, 1947 - PESCO, CLEVELAND, OHIO - NUMBER 35
courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

RECOMMENDED READING

City of Flight : The History of Aviation...
The History of Aviation in St. Louis
by James J. Horgan
The Patrice Press.

I have no information as to the dates of his birth or death.

Editor's Note:
If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator
please contact me.
E-mail to Ralph Cooper

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