LEIGH WADE 1896-1991

AMERICA'S THREE ALTITUDE CELEBRITIES Left, Lieutenant. John A. MacCready, Center, Lieutenant Leigh Wade, Right, Major Rudolf W. Schroeder      This scan of a vintage postcard shows Lieutenant John Macready (one of the 1923 Fokker T-2 transcontinental flyers), Lieutenant Leigh Wade (the pilot of the Douglas World Cruiser "Boston", and Major Rudolf W. Schroeder (who set an altitude record in 1920). Collection of Roy Nagl, 4-1-04

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Leigh Wade" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (5-21-08), you will find about 3140 links. Some of the most helpful are the following.

 

NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME      To visit his entry on this site, first click on National Aviation Hall of Fame to go to the homepage. Next, highlight and click on "Enshrinees List" at the lower left corner of the page. You will find an alphabetical listing of all enshrinees on this page. Then highlight and click on his name. Use your "BACK" button to return to this site.

 

Major General Leigh Wade      This page on the Arlington National Cemetery website offers a nice biography of him, as well as several other very helpful articles about his life and career. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.

 

Air Force Links      This in an official Air Force site which offers a concise summary of his life and career. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.

 

Leigh Wade died in 1991 From The Arlington National Cemetery website.   If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me.   Back