Early Birds of Aviation

A Early Birds of Aviation é uma organização devotada à história dos primeiros pilotos. Ela iniciou suas atividades em 1928, e aceitou como membros um total de 598 pioneiros da aviação (mais os irmãos Wright, que foram admitidos como membros honorários).

Os membros estão limitados àqueles que pilotaram uma aeronave (planador, balão ou avião), antes de 17 de dezembro de 1916. A data de corte de 17 de dezembro foi definida para corresponder ao primeiro voo dos irmãos Wright. O ano de 1916 foi escolhido devido ao grande número de pessoas que foram treinadas como pilotos em 1917 para a Primeira Guerra Mundial.

A organização original foi desarticulada quando o último de seus membros vivos faleceu. Isso ocorreu com a morte aos 99 anos de George Debaun Grundy, Jr. em 19 de maio de 1998. A organização atual se dedica a colher dados e publicar biografias daqueles que satisfazem a linha de corte de 1916. Existem muitos pilotos que voaram solo antes disso que nunca solicitaram se tornar membros. Alguns deles foram admitidos como "membros honorários".

Membros A seguir, a lista dos 598 membros aviadores (mais dois honorários):

thumb|Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez e Juan Pablo Aldasoro thumb|Henry Harley Arnold thumb|Frank Herbert Burnside em 1916 thumb|William Whitney Christmas em 1915 thumb|Theodore Gordon Ellyson ~1910–1915 thumb|Francis Thomas Evans, Sr ~1910–1915 thumb|Anthony Fokker em 1912 thumb|Frank Purdy Lahm em 1918 thumb|Robert Esnault-Pelterie em 1909 thumb|Igor Sikorsky ~1950 thumb|Albert Daniel Smith em 1916 thumb|Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith em 1911 thumb| Ralph Hazlett Upson ~1913 thumb|Errol Henry Zistel em 1918

Nicholas Rippon Abberly (1891–1983) Tenente Steadham Acker (1896–1952) Raynold Edward Acre (1889–1966) Baxter Harrison Adams (1885–1951) Walter Joseph Addems (1899–1997) William Herbert Aitken (1887–1964) Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez (1894–1968) Juan Pablo Aldasoro (1893–1962) A. Livingston Allan (1886–1954) Walter E. Allen ✝ Malcolm Graeme Allison (1894–1984) Lawrence Malcolm Allison (1894–1974) Francis Inman Amory (1895–1974) Alex Francis Arcier (1890–1969) Charles A. Arens (1895–1967) Robert James Armor (1887–1972) Edward Robert Armstrong (1876–1955) Robert T. Armstrong (?–1936) George B. Arnold (1893–1956) General Henry Harley Arnold (1886–1950) Arthur Cruger Aston (1897–1988) William Vincent Astor (1891–1959) Bert Milton Atkinson (1887–1937) Harry Nelson Atwood (1883–1967) Stuart Francis Auer (1898–1958) Reinhardt Norbert Ausmus (1896–1970) William L. Avery (?–1942) Verne C. Babcock (1886–1972) William Barlett Bacon ✝ Edgar W. Bagnell (1890–1958) Frederick Walker Baldwin (1882–1948) William Ivy Baldwin (1866–1953) Horace Clyde Balsley (1893–1942) Neil Bangs ✝ Horatio Claude Barber (1875–1964) Floyd Edward Barlow (1889–1977) Ralph Stanton Barnaby (1893–1986) George E. Barnhart (1896–1962) Richard Bernard Barnitz (1891–1960) Rutledge Bermingham Barry (1896-1967) Carl Sterling Bates (1884–1956) Edmond E. Bates (1896–1982) Mortimer Fleming Bates (1883–1961) Carl Truman Batts (1892–1969) Hillery Beachey (1885–1964) George William Beatty (1887–1955) Harvey Arthur Beilgard (1888-1943) Frank J. Bell (1885–1957) Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (1886–1960) Edward Antoine Bellande (1897–1976) Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger (1885–1962) Joseph S. Bennett (?–1955) Lester Frank Bishop (1889–1967) Filip A. Bjorklund (1886–1967) Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1896–1936) Joseph Anthony Blondin (?–1952) Pierre de Lagarde Boal (1895–1966) Edward R. Boland (1892–1967) Joseph John Boland (1879–1964) Alfred Bolognesi (1886–1972) Allen F. Bonnalie (1893–1983) Carl Richard Borkland (1895–1951) William Bouldin III (1885–1953) Overton Martin Bounds (1895–1942) George Norris Boyd (1889–1981) Philip Boyer (?–1950) Jesse Cyril Brabazon (1885–1970) John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (1884–1964) Eric Thompson Bradley (1894–?) Caleb Smith Bragg (1885–1943) Fred H. Brauninger (1887–1950) Homer Ludwig Bredouw (1896–1950) Louis Charles Breguet (1880–1955) Lewis Hyde Brereton (1890–1967) George Howard Brett (1886–1963) Bruno Brevonesi ✝ Georgia Broadwick (1893–1978) 20px Walter Lawrence Brock (1885–1964) William S. Brock (1895–1932) Walter Richard Brookins (1889–1953) John B. Brooks (1891–1975) Gerald Evan Brower (1893–1941) Harold Haskell Brown (1872–1950) Harry Bingham Brown (1883–1954) Lawrence W. Brown (?–1945) Ralph Myron Brown (1893–1977) W. Norman Brown (?–1976) Harry Augustine Bruno (1893–1978) John C. Bryan (?–1932) Mahlon P. Bryan (?–1932) Alys Harrison McKey Bryant (1880–1954) 20px Frank M. Bryant (?–1957) Gilbert George Budwig (1895–1978) Walter R. Bullock (1899–1986) Vernon Lee Burge (1888–1971) Vincent Justus Burnelli (1895–1964) Arthur C. Burns (1892–1970) Frank Herbert Burnside (1888–1935) Paul Verdier Burwell (1891–1955) Jeanette Doty Caldwell (1895–1971) John Lansing Callan (1886–1958) Buel Heath Canady (1893–1986) Leon Errol Canady (1887–1978) Joseph Eugene Carberry (1887–1961) Norbert J. Carolin (?–1963) Walter J. Carr (1896–1970) Philip A. Carroll (?–1957) Ralph Bigelow Carter (1896–1984) Verne Carter (1893–1964) Joseph Lee Cato (1888–1965) Clyde Vernon Cessna (1879–1954) da Cessna Aircraft Company Alfred Noblet Chandler (1889–1954) Charles deForest Chandler (1878–1939) Carleton G. Chapman (1896–1971) Arthur Reed Christie (1890–1964) William Whitney Christmas (1865–1960) Harry Peter Christofferson (1884–1968) Everitt Vail Church (?–1951) George Russell Clark (1894–1976) Virginius Evans Clark (1886–1948) Armand Walter Claverie (1896–1993) W. R. Clinger (?-1935) Frank Trenholm Coffyn (1878–1960) Stewart Wellesley Cogswell (1891–1956) conhecido como Stewart Andrew Cogswell Clarence Blair Coombs (1888–1944) John D. Cooper (?–1936) Harry Depew Copland (1896–1976) Frank T. Courtney (1894–1982) Parker Dresser Cramer (1896–1931) Harvey Crawford (1889–1971) Harry Bolton Crewdson (1881–1956) William Redmond Cross (1874–1940) Kent Crowell (?–1955) Howard Paul Culver (1893–1964) Alfred Austell Cunningham (1881–1939) John J. Curran (?–1966) John Francis Curry (1886–1973) Greely Stevenson Curtis, Jr. (1871–1947) Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878–1930) Levitt Luzerne Custer (1888–1962) John B. Daniell (?–1964) Herbert Arthur Dargue (1886–1941) Earl Stanley Daugherty (1887–1928) Howard Carl Davidson (1926–1998) Stuart V. Davis (?–1955) Walter C. Davis, Sr. (?–1952) Frederick Trubee Davison (1896–1974) Charles Healy Day (1884–1955) Curtiss LaQ. Day (1895–?) Antonio Sanche de Bustamente, Jr. (1886–1951) Luis de Florez (1889–1962) Clarence Adair Degiers (1888–1987) Dana Chase DeHart (1886–1975) Fred Korstad DeKor (1878–1964) Raphael Sergius De Mitkiewicz (1884–1946) William Austin Denehie (1891–1974) Richard Henry Depew, Jr. (1892–1948) Lionel H. DeRemer (1889–1962) Jean Francis DeVillard (1882–?) Fairman Rogers Dick (1885–1976) Charles Dickinson (1858–1935) William C. Diehl (1891–1974) Ralph Clayton Diggins (1887–1959) William E. Doherty Charles H. Dolan II Charles Dollfus (1893–1981) John Domenjoz (1886–1952) Burton McKendrie Doolittle (1897–1990) Henry Dora (?–1977) Raymond E. Dowd (?–1948) Carl H. Duede (1886–1956) David Earle Dunlap (1896–1957) James Leo Dunsworth (1887–1956) Francis Victor Dupont (1894–1962) Warren Samuel Eaton (1891–1966) Herman Anthony Ecker (1888–1969) Samuel B. Eckert (1884–1973) Coronel John P. Edgerly (1888–1982) Gustav J. Ekstrom (1895–1968) Frank H. Ellis (1896–1979) Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885–1928) Albert Elton (1888–1975) Raffe Emerson (1880–1962) Albert John Engel (1879–1978) LeRoy M. Ennis (1893–1978) Louis G. Erickson (?–1946) Comodoro Frithiof Gustaf Ericson (1880–1941) Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881–1957) Capitão Jonathan Dickinson Este (1887–1962) Francis Thomas Evans, Sr. (1886–1974) W. Hendrick Evers Henri Fabre (1882–1984) Elisha N. Fales (1887–1970) Charles L. Fay Louis A. Fenouillet (?–1943) Harry Ferguson (1884–1960) Major Paul Lee Ferron (1888–1956) Farnum Thayer Fish (1896–1978) Sheplar Ward FitzGerald (1884–1953) Maximilian Charles Fleischmann (1877–1951) Anton Herman Gerard Fokker (1888–1939) Harry H. Ford (?–1969) Joseph Roswell Forkner (1892–1968) Benjamin Delahauf Foulois (1879–1967) Heraclio Alfaro Fournier Harold S. Fowler (1887–1957) Robert Grant Fowler (1884–1966) Roy Newell Francis (1886–1952) Joseph Frantz (1890–1979) William Yates Fray (1882–1968) John F. Freund (?–1932) Arthur Theodore Frolich (1892–1936) Donald Frost (?–1950) John Frost (1883–1945) Rutherford Fullerton (1880–1952) John Rudolph Gammeter (1876–1957) Harry Gantz Paul Edward Garber (1899–1992) Ben Garrison Ivan Rhuele Gates (1890–1932) George Gay (aviator) Louis H. Gertson William W. Gibson George S. Gillespie (1889–1975) Edgar Allen Goff, Jr. (1896–1989) Frank W. Goodale (1889–1948) Lewis Edward Goodier, Jr. (1885–1961) Donald H. Gordon Edgar S. Gorrell Harry T. Graham (1874–1952) Charles H. Grant Rudolph R. Grant Harry D. Graulich (1896–1968) George A. Gray John F. Gray William Greene (aviador) David Gregg (aviador) Michael Gregor (1888–1953) George Debaun Grundy, Jr. (1898–1998) Emil Gustafson Clifton Overman Hadley (1877–1963) Ernest C. Hall (1897–1972) George Eustace Amyot Hallett (1890–1982) Garnet Roy Halliday (1891–1955) Thomas Foster Hamilton (1894–1969) Lee Hammond Stedman Shumway Hanks (1889–1979) Thomas J. Hanley Tenente General Millard Fillmore Harmon, Jr. (1888–1945) William Harper, Jr. Helen Hodge Harris (1893–1967) 20px Arthur J. Hartman (1888–1970) Harold Hartney (1888–1945) Bert Raymond John Hassell (1893–1974) Charles Edward Hathorn (1879–1955) William E. Haupt Beckwith Havens Comandante Willis Bradley Haviland (1890–1944) Alan Ramsay Hawley (1864–1938) Jack W. Heard Edward Bayard Heath Andrew Hallenbeck Heermance (1895–1984) Leo G. Heffernan Howard J. Heindell Albert Sigmund Heinrich (1889–1974) Arthur O. Heinrich (1887–1958) John C. Henning Charles A. Herrman Charles E. Hess Eugene Heth William A. Hetlich, Jr. Robert Penrose Hewitt (1894–1953) John E. Hickey Frederick C. Hild (1890–1963) Erik Hildes-Heim (1894–1983) Stanley Hiller, Sr. (1924–2006) Edward F. Hinkle Melvin Wyman Hodgdon (1896–1980) Russell F. Holderman (1895–1981) Edward Henry Holterman Max Holtzem Frederick Adam Hoover (1887–1981) Orton W. Hoover (1891–1958) Clarence F. Horton (?–1964) Frederick Edgar Hummel (1896–1975) Frederick Erastus Humphreys (1883–1941) Howard Huntington Joseph Raymond Hutchinson (1886–1975) Leslie Leroy Irvin (1895–1966) Edwin Kenneth Jaquith (1892–1984) William C. Jenkins Shakir Saliba Jerwan (1881–1942) Christian Johanssen 10px Major General Davenport Johnson (1890–1963) Edward A. Johnson Frank H. Johnson James M. Johnson Louis Johnson Robert R. Johnson (1891–1959) Victor G. Johnson Walter E. Johnson Archibald B. Johnston (?–1950) Byron Quinby Jones (1888–1959) Ernest LaRue Jones (1882–1955) Harry M. Jones Assen Jordanoff (1896–1967) J. William Kabitzke John G. Kaminski Harold Dewolf Kantner (1886–1973) Frank T. Kastory, Sr. (1883–1966) Victorin Katchinsky (1891–1986) Horace P. Keane George Martin Keightley (1886–1967) Edward A. Kelly Ralph B. Kennard Frank M. Kennedy Walter G. Kilner (1888–1940) Leo B. Kimball (1896–1977) Wilbur R. Kimball (1863–1940). Ralph Mason Kinderman (1887–1969) Bertell Wadsworth King (1887–1968) Jerome Kingsbury (?–1945) James L. Kinney (?–1976) Roy Carrington Kirtland (1874–1941) Daniel Kiser (?–1934) Augustus Roy Knabenshue (1875–1960) Roland S. Knowlson (1893–1957) Alfred Koenig August Karl Koerbling (1894–1970) Esten Bolling Koger (1881–1941) Edward Albert Korn (1888–1980) James S. Krull Carl T. Kuhl John K. LaGrone Frank Purdy Lahm (1877–1963) Emil Matthew Laird Dean Ivan Lamb Albert Bond Lambert Cabo William Antony Lamkey (?–1963) Jean Marie Landrey (1888–1956) Boyd Latham (?–1961) Ruth Bancroft Law (1887–1970) 20px Frank W. LaVista Oliver Colin LeBoutillier (1894–1983) E. Hamilton Lee (1892–1994) Robert Edward Lee (1886–1973) Walter Edwin Lees (1887–1957) Bruce Gardner Leighton (1892–1965)