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The original organization dissolved once the last living member had died. This occurred with the death of 99-year-old [[George D. Grundy Jr.]] on May 19, 1998.<ref name=grundy/> The organization was restarted and is devoted to collecting and publishing biographies on those who met the 1916 deadline. There were many pilots who soloed before the 1916 deadline who never applied to the club to be members. Some have been made honorary members.
The original organization dissolved once the last living member had died. This occurred with the death of 99-year-old [[George D. Grundy Jr.]] on May 19, 1998.<ref name=grundy/> The organization was restarted and is devoted to collecting and publishing biographies on those who met the 1916 deadline. There were many pilots who soloed before the 1916 deadline who never applied to the club to be members. Some have been made honorary members.

==Gallery==
[[File:Nicholas R. Abberly.jpg|thumb|[[Nicholas Rippen Abberly]] circa 1960–1970]]
[[File:Aviator Clara Adams 1938.jpg|thumb|Photo of early aviator, Clara Adams, taken circa 1938 by her friend, sculptor Frederic Allen Williams, in New York.]]
[[File:CadetesFAM1915.jpg|thumb|[[Aldasoro brothers|Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez]] and [[Aldasoro brothers|Juan Pablo Aldasoro]] ]]
[[File:General of the Air Force Hap Arnold.png|thumb|[[Henry Harley Arnold]] ]]
[[File:Harry Nelson Atwood (1883-1967) circa 1913.png|thumb|[[Harry Nelson Atwood]] in 1913 ]]
[[File:Edgar W. Bagnell in 1916.jpg|thumb|[[Edgar Wirt Bagnell]] in 1916 ]]
[[File:Walter Richard Brookins (1888-1953) in 1910.jpg|thumb|[[Walter Richard Brookins]] in 1910]]

[[File:Frank Herbert Burnside (1888-1935) in 1916.jpg|thumb|[[Frank Herbert Burnside]] in 1916]]
[[File:Carleton George Chapman (1886-1971) in 1915.jpg|thumb|[[Carleton George Chapman]] in 1915]]
[[File:William Whitney Christmas in 1915.jpg|thumb|[[William Whitney Christmas]] in 1915 ]]
[[File:Harry Bolton Crewdson 1915 circa.png|thumb|[[Harry Bolton Crewdson]] circa 1915 ]]
[[File:Theodore G. Ellyson, Naval Aviator No. 1. San Diego Air and space museum.jpg|thumb|[[Theodore Gordon Ellyson]] circa 1910–1915 ]]
[[File:Francis T. Evans USMC.jpg|thumb|[[Francis Thomas Evans Sr.]] circa 1910–1915 ]]
[[File:Anthony Fokker 1912.jpg|thumb|[[Anthony Fokker]] in 1912 ]]
[[File:Robert Grant Fowler 1915 circa.jpg|thumb|[[Robert George Fowler]] circa 1915 ]]
[[File:Byron Quinby Jones (1888–1959) circa 1910-1915.jpg|thumb|[[Byron Quinby Jones]] circa 1910–1915 ]]
<!--[[File:Edward Albert Korn of the Early Birds of Aviation in the World War II draft registration of 1941.png|thumb|[[Edward Albert Korn]] in the 1941 draft registration]]-->
[[File:Frank Lahm.jpg|thumb|[[Frank Purdy Lahm]] in 1918 ]]
[[File:Robert Esnault-Pelterie 1909.jpg|thumb|[[Robert Esnault-Pelterie]] in 1909 ]]
[[File:Clearton Howard Reynolds 1910.png|thumb|[[Clearton Howard Reynolds]] in 1910 ]]
[[File:Holden Chester Richardson (1878-1960) circa 1915.jpg|thumb|Holden Chester Richardson circa 1915]]
[[File:Sikorsky, Igor.jpg|thumb|[[Igor Sikorsky]] circa 1950 ]]
[[File:Dorothy Rice Sims in 1916 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Dorothy Rice Sims]] in 1916]]
[[File:UT8284-228a.jpg|thumb|[[James Floyd Smith]] circa 1910–1915 ]]
[[File:Albert D. Smith was a pioneer aviator, here in 1916.jpg|thumb|[[Albert Daniel Smith]] in 1916 ]]
[[File:Sopwith 2162905123 40ff396481 o.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith]] in 1911 ]]
[[File:R.H. Upson.jpg|thumb| [[Ralph Hazlett Upson]] circa 1913 ]]
[[File:H. Roy Waite in 1912.jpg|thumb|[[H. Roy Waite|Henry Roy Waite]] in 1912 ]]
[[File:Murvin-Wood-C-002.jpg|thumb|[[Clyde Murvin Wood]] in 1911 ]]
[[File:Errol Henry Zistel (1895-1968) in 1918.jpg|thumb|[[Errol Henry Zistel]] in 1918]]

==Members==
Early Birds of Aviation members:<ref>{{cite web|title=Early Birds of Aviation|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/eb/eb_sec_15.html|publisher=[[National Air and Space Museum]] }}</ref>

===A===
*[[Nicholas Rippen Abberly]] (1891{{En dash}}1983). He built and flew a [[pusher configuration]] aircraft in [[Mineola, New York]], on [[Long Island]] in September 1910. He soloed the aircraft in October 1910.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicholas Rippon Abberly|url=http://earlyaviators.com/eabberly.htm|publisher=[[Early Aviators]]}}</ref>
*Lieutenant [[Steadham Acker]] (1896{{En dash}}1952). He was a lieutenant in the Naval Air Service from 1918 to 1919.
*[[Raynold E. Acre|Raynold Edward Acre]] (1889{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Baxter Harrison Adams]] (1885{{En dash}}1951)
*[[Clara Adams]] (1884{{En dash}}1971). Known as the "maiden of maiden flights," Adams set a number of records as a female aircraft passenger (not a pilot). She took her first flight in 1914. She flew on the maiden voyage of the [[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|''Graf Zeppelin'']] and the [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|''Hindenburg'']] air ships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/general/Adams.pdf|title=University of Texas Clara Adams Collection|website=University of Texas Special Collections}}</ref>
*[[Walter Joseph Addems]] (1899{{En dash}}1997) was the penultimate member of the Early Birds of Aviation to die.<ref name=grundy/><ref>{{cite news |author=[[Robert McG. Thomas Jr.]] |title=Walter J. Addems, 98, Aviation Pioneer, Barnstormer and Airline Official, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/07/us/walter-j-addems-98{{En dash}}aviation-pioneer-barnstormer-and-airline-official-is-dead.html |quote=Walter J. Addems, a pioneering aviator who built his first plane in 1916 and his last one in 1960s, but only after he had barnstormed across the nation and flown the mail in 1920s, trained pilots in 1930s and served as director of flight operations for United Airlines until 1950s, died on Nov. 21 at a hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 98 and for all his love of aviation, had not flown since 1980s. ... But he had flown alone in time to qualify for membership in an exclusive club: the Early Birds, 598 men and women who had flown solo, some in hot air balloons, before Dec. 17, 1916. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 7, 1997 }}</ref>
*[[William Herbert Aitken]] (1887{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Aldasoro brothers|Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez]] (1894{{En dash}}1968). Mexican brothers Eduardo and Juan Aldasoro designed, constructed and flew gliders. They also designed and built an early airplane engine.
*[[Aldasoro brothers|Juan Pablo Aldasoro]] (1893{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Archibald Livingston Allan]] (1886{{En dash}}1954)
*[[Walter E. Allen]] (?{{En dash}}?)<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/eallen.htm-->
*[[Malcolm Graeme Allison]] (1894{{En dash}}1984) <ref>{{cite news |title=Army Boy Builds Glider That Flies. Airship You've Seen Over Governors Island Is the Toy of the Post's Children. Girl Made Flight In It. It Was Made by Col. Allison's Son, Malcolm, Out of Varnished Cambric and Birch Wood. Now Being Repaired |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0815FB355A15738DDDA00894D8415B818DF1D3 |quote= ... and on passing ferryboats wonder who the aviator was and the kind of a machine ... and the inventor and maker is Malcolm Allison, the 17{{En dash}}year-old son of Col. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= October 9, 1911 }}</ref>
*[[Lawrence Malcolm Allison]] (1894{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Francis Inman Amory]] (1895{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Alex Francis Arcier]] (1890{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Charles Anthony Arens]] (1895{{En dash}}1967) was the secretary of the Early Birds of Aviation.<!--http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/01/14/page/42/article/c-a-arens-71-dies-pioneer-aviator-here-->
*[[Robert James Armor]] (1887{{En dash}}1972)
*[[Edward Robert Armstrong]] (1876{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Robert T. Armstrong]] (?{{En dash}}1936)
*[[George B. Arnold]] (1893{{En dash}}1956)
*General [[Henry Harley Arnold]] (1886{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Arthur Cruger Aston]] (1897{{En dash}}1988)
*[[Vincent Astor|William Vincent Astor]] (1891{{En dash}}1959). His father was [[John Jacob Astor IV]], who died in the ''[[Titanic]]'' disaster.
*[[Bert Milton Atkinson]] (1887{{En dash}}1937)
*[[Harry Nelson Atwood]] (1883{{En dash}}1967)
*[[Stuart Francis Auer]] (1898{{En dash}}1958)
*[[Reinhardt Norbert Ausmus]] (1896{{En dash}}1970), aka Reiny Ausmus
*[[William L. Avery]] (?{{En dash}}1942)<!--Possibly William Avery DEATH: 10 May 1942 - Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines-->

===B===
*[[Vearne Clifton Babcock]] (1887{{En dash}}1972)
*Lieutenant [[William Bartlett Bacon]] (1897{{En dash}}?). He was born on May 27, 1897, in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]].<!--https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9sDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA326 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=168119301-->
*[[Edgar Wirt Bagnell]] (1890{{En dash}}1958), learned to fly at [[Newport News, Virginia]], in 1915. He died at a nursing home in [[Berkeley, California]], on August 27, 1958.
*[[Frederick Walker Baldwin]] (1882{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Ivy Baldwin|William Ivy Baldwin]] (1866{{En dash}}1953)
*[[Horace Clyde Balsley]] (1893{{En dash}}1942)
*[[Neil Bangs]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*Captain [[Horatio Claude Barber]] (1875{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Floyd Edward Barlow]] (1889{{En dash}}1977)
*[[Ralph Stanton Barnaby]] (1893{{En dash}}1986)
*[[George E. Barnhart]] (1896{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Richard Bernard Barnitz]] (1891{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Rutledge Bermingham Barry]] (1896{{En dash}}1967)<!--Rutledge Bermingham Barry
BIRTH: 13 Sep 1896 DEATH: Dec 1967 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68760830-->
*[[Carl Sterling Bates]] (1884{{En dash}}1956)
*Lieutenant [[Edmond Elkins Bates]] (1896{{En dash}}1982)<!--Lieut Edmond E Bates
SPOUSE: Maria Bates
BIRTH: 13 Oct 1895 [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
DEATH: 10 Feb 1982 [[Lewiston, California]], http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89256770-->
*[[Mortimer Fleming Bates]] (1883{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Carl Truman Batts]] (1892{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Hillery Beachey]] (1885{{En dash}}1964)
*[[George William Beatty]] (1887{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Harvey Arthur Beilgard]] (1888{{En dash}}1943)<!--NAME: SPOUSE: Katherine Bernadette Hay-->
*[[Frank J. Bell]] (1885{{En dash}}1957)<!--Frank J Bell. FATHER: Bell BIRTH: abt 1885 DEATH: 5 Nov 1957 - Cascade RESIDENCE: Judith Basin, Montana-->
*[[Giuseppe Mario Bellanca]] (1886{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Edward Antoine Bellande]] (1897{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger]] (1885{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Joseph S. Bennett]] (?{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Lester Frank Bishop]] (1889{{En dash}}1967)
*[[Filip Augustin Björklund]] (1886{{En dash}}1967). He was born on December 6, 1886. He died on July 10, 1967, in [[Goteborg, Sweden]].<!--SSDI uses October 1967 in [[Whittier, Los Angeles, California]], http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55950614-->
*[[Louis Blériot|Louis Charles Joseph Blériot]] (1872{{En dash}}1936)
*[[Joseph Anthony Blondin]] (?{{En dash}}1952)<!--possibly Joseph Anthony Blondin (1880{{En dash}}1951)-->
*[[Pierre de Lagarde Boal]] (1895{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Edward R. Boland]] (1892{{En dash}}1967). He was born on June 5, 1892. He died in 1967.
*[[Joseph J. Boland|Joseph John Boland]] (1879{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Alfred Bolognesi]] (1886{{En dash}}1972)
*[[Allan Francis Bonnalie]] (1893{{En dash}}1983). He was born on September 29, 1893, in Colorado. He died on January 29, 1983, in [[San Diego, California]]. He was inducted into the [[Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame]]
*[[Carl Richard Borkland]] (1895{{En dash}}1951)
*[[William Bouldin III]] (1885{{En dash}}1953)<!--William Bouldin, 3d, 169 Prospect St., East Orange, N. J., a broker with C. C. Kerr & Co., 111 Broadway, New York. 29 May 1885 DEATH: 29 October 1953. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27542912 -->
*[[Overton Martin Bounds]] (1895{{En dash}}1942)
*[[George Norris Boyd]] (1889{{En dash}}1981)
*[[Philip Boyer]] (?{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Jesse Cyril Brabazon]] (1885{{En dash}}1970)<!--Jesse C. Brabazon, pioneer Wisconsin aviator, died December 27, 1969, at the age of 84, in Beloit, Wisconsin. He was born October 13, 1885.
Funeral services were held at the Cranston Road Chapel with the Rev. Richard Zoppel officiating. Interment was in Eastlawn Cemetery, Beloit.-->
*[[John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara]] (1884{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Eric Thompson Bradley]] (1894{{En dash}}1991)<!--Eric Thompson Bradley. March 25, 1928: "Miss Marion Gray Wed to Major Eric T. Bradley in Stonington, Conn."-->
*[[Caleb Smith Bragg]] (1885{{En dash}}1943). He was born on November 23, 1885, in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. He died on October 24, 1943, at Memorial Hospital in [[Manhattan, New York City]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Caleb Smith Bragg, Dies. Flier, Auto Racer, Pioneer in Automotive Field. Also Noted as an Inventor and Speedboat Pilot |url=http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebragg.htm |quote=Caleb S. Bragg, long a leading figure in the aviation, automobile and motorboat fields, died here on Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness at the age of 56. An engineer and the inventor or co-inventor of many automobile devices, including the widely used Bragg-Kliesrath brake perfected by him and the late Victor W. Kliesrath. Mr. Bragg won fame as a pioneer automobile racing driver, and Army test pilot during the first World War, a champion altitude flier, aviation manufacturing company officer, consulting engineer and amateur sportsman. He resided at 277 Park Avenue and at Montauk Point, L.I. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 24, 1943 }}</ref>
*[[Fred H. Brauninger]] (1887{{En dash}}1950)<!--Died on January 26, 1950 in Richmond, Georgia-->
*[[Homer Ludwig Bredouw]] (1896{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Louis Charles Breguet]] (1880{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Lewis Hyde Brereton]] (1890{{En dash}}1967)
*[[George Brett (military)|George Howard Brett]] (1886{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Bruno Brevonesi]] (?{{En dash}}?)<!--There was an Admiral Brevonesi-->
*[[Georgia Ann Thompson Broadwick]] (1893{{En dash}}1978) ♀
*[[Walter Lawrence Brock]] (1885{{En dash}}1964)<!--16 September 1885 in Chicago - 27 December 1964-->
*[[William S. Brock]] (1895{{En dash}}1932).<ref>{{cite news |title=William S. Brock Dead |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-IVOAAAAIBAJ&pg=1783,4613327&dq=brock+schlee+cancer&hl=en |quote=Brock, as he was christened, but known as Billy Brock In aviation circles, ... In 1927 Brock and Edward Schlee tried to break the existing record for flight ... |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 13, 1932 |access-date=2010-10-23 }}</ref>
*[[Walter Richard Brookins]] (1889{{En dash}}1953).<ref>{{cite news |title=Walter Brookins, 63, Early Record Flyer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/04/30/archives/walter-brookins-63-early-record-flyer.html |quote=Walter Brookins, pioneer aviator and leading aviation figure, died today at his home after an illness of four months. His age was ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 30, 1953 }}</ref>
*[[John B. Brooks]] (1891{{En dash}}1975)<!--Birth: 8 Jun 1891 Death: 31 Dec 1975-->
*[[Gerald Evan Brower]] (1893{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Harold Haskell Brown]] (1872{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Harry Bingham Brown]] (1883{{En dash}}1954).<ref>{{cite news |title=Brown's Altitude Record. Aviator Flies with Passenger 5,000 Feet at Aviation Meet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/11/06/archives/browns-altitude-record-aviator-flies-with-passenger-5000-feet-at.html |quote=Brown used a Wright biplane, in which he made a number of exhibitions and unique ... |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 6, 1912 }}</ref>
*[[Lawrence W. Brown]] (?{{En dash}}1945)
*[[Ralph Myron Brown]] (1893{{En dash}}1977)
*[[W. Norman Brown (aviator)|W. Norman Brown]] (?{{En dash}}1976) of [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada.
*[[Harry Augustine Bruno]] (1893{{En dash}}1978)
*[[John C. Bryan]] (?{{En dash}}1932)
*[[Mahlon P. Bryan]] (?{{En dash}}1932)
*[[Alys McKey Bryant]] (1880{{En dash}}1954) ♀
*[[Frank M. Bryant]] (?{{En dash}}1957)
*[[Gilbert George Budwig]] (1895{{En dash}}1978)<!--17 Nov 1895. DEATH: 4 Feb 1978 -->
*[[Walter R. Bullock]] (1899{{En dash}}1986)
*[[Vernon Lee Burge]] (1888{{En dash}}1971)
*[[Vincent Justus Burnelli]] (1895{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Arthur C. Burns]] (1892{{En dash}}1970)
*[[Frank Herbert Burnside]] (1888{{En dash}}1935)
*[[Paul Verdier Burwell]] (1891{{En dash}}1955)

===C===
*[[Jeanette Doty Caldwell]] (1895{{En dash}}1971)<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64876403-->
*[[John Lansing Callan]] (1886{{En dash}}1958)
*[[Buel Heath Canady]] (1893{{En dash}}1986)<!--15 Nov 1893 - Geary County (Geary)
DEATH: 23 Sep 1986 - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
SPOUSE: Wilda Hortense Bell-->
*[[Leon Errol Canady]] (1887{{En dash}}1978)<!--H: 5 Oct 1887 - Cowley, USA
DEATH: 25 Mar 1978 - CA (California)
PARENTS: Charles C Cannaday, Mary Mollie Thomas-->
*[[Joseph Eugene Carberry]] (1887{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Norbert J. Carolin]] (?{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Walter J. Carr]] (1896{{En dash}}1970)
*[[Philip A. Carroll]] (?{{En dash}}1957)
*[[Ralph Bigelow Carter]] (1896{{En dash}}1984). He was born on [[New Year's Day]], January 1, 1896. He died on July 9, 1984.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ralph Carter, One of Last Early Birds of Aviation |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/674067642.html?dids=674067642:674067642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+18%2C+1984&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Ralph+Carter%2C+One+of+Last+Early+Birds+of+Aviation&pqatl=google |quote=Ralph Carter, who flew for the first time in 1911 when he was a Nebraska country boy and lived to become one of a handful of survivors of the Early Birds of ... |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 18, 1984 }}</ref>
*[[Verne Carter]] (1893{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Joseph Lee Cato]] (1888{{En dash}}1965). He was born on February 18, 1888, in [[Yakima, Washington]]. He made his first solo flight on October 15, 1909, in a single wing airplane that he designed and constructed.
*[[Clyde Vernon Cessna]] (1879{{En dash}}1954) of the [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Company]]
*[[Alfred Noblet Chandler]] (1889{{En dash}}1954)
*[[Charles deForest Chandler]] (1878{{En dash}}1939)
*[[Carleton George Chapman]] (1886{{En dash}}1971). He was born on June 4, 1886, in [[Macon, Georgia]], to Carleton Burke Chapman (1859-1921) and Flora Smith (1848-1908). He attended the [[United States Military Academy]]. He married Martha Drake Womble (1899-1979) in 1924. He died in [[Fitzgerald, Georgia]], on November 11, 1971.
*[[Arthur Reed Christie]] (1890{{En dash}}1964)
*[[William Whitney Christmas]] (1865{{En dash}}1960). He was born in 1865 in [[North Carolina]]. He designed one of the first plane with [[aileron]]s. He died at [[Bellevue Hospital]] in [[Manhattan, New York]], of pneumonia on April 14, 1960. He had lived at 600 West 144th Street, New York City.
*[[Harry Peter Christofferson]] (1884{{En dash}}1968). He was born in [[Spencer, Iowa]], on March 31, 1884. He died on Sunday, December 8, 1968, in a [[Santa Clara, California]], at the age of 84.
*[[Everett Vail Church]] (1880{{En dash}}1951). He was born on January 3, 1880, in [[Brooklyn, New York City]]. He died on February 12, 1951. He was buried in [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] in Brooklyn.<!--http://earlyaviators.com/echurch.htm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135782646 -->
*[[George Russell Clark]] (1894{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Virginius Evans Clark]] (1886{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Armand Walter Claverie]] (1896{{En dash}}1993). He was born on March 10, 1896, in California. He attended the [[Curtiss Aviation School]] in [[San Diego, California]], in the spring of 1912. He soloed on June 15, 1912. His certificate was withheld because he was under the minimum age of 18. He died on January 9, 1993, in [[San Luis Obispo, California]], at age 96.
*[[William R. Clinger]] (1895{{En dash}}1935) of Michigan.<!--William R. Clinger
BIRTH: 23 Aug 1895 - Shelby, Michigan
DEATH: 22 Oct 1935 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA-->
*[[Frank Trenholm Coffyn]] (1878{{En dash}}1960) <ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Frank Trenholm Coffyn. Original Member of Wright Brothers Exhibition Team. Mapped Airmail Routes |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B12F63F551A7A93C3A81789D95F448685F9 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 11, 1960 }}</ref>
*[[Stewart Wellesley Cogswell]] (1891{{En dash}}1956) aka Stewart Andrew Cogswell
*[[Clarence Blair Coombs]] (1888{{En dash}}1944)
*[[John D. Cooper]] (?{{En dash}}1936) of [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].
*[[Harry Depew Copland]] (1896{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Frank T. Courtney]] (1894{{En dash}}1982) of England
*[[Parker Dresser Cramer]] (1896{{En dash}}1931)
*[[Harvey Crawford]] (1889{{En dash}}1971)
*[[Harry Bolton Crewdson]] (1881{{En dash}}1956)
*[[William Redmond Cross]] (1874{{En dash}}1940)
*[[Henry Kent Crowell]] (1890{{En dash}}1955). He was born on June 26, 1890, in New York. He died on March 29, 1955, in North Carolina.<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41620167 http://earlyaviators.com/ecrowell.htm-->
*[[Howard Paul Culver]] (1893{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Alfred Austell Cunningham]] (1881{{En dash}}1939)
*[[John J. Curran]] (?{{En dash}}1966) of [[Long Island City, New York]].
*[[John Francis Curry]] (1886{{En dash}}1973)
*[[Greely Stevenson Curtis Jr.]] (1871{{En dash}}1947). He was born on January 19, 1871, to [[Greely S. Curtis|Greely Stevenson Curtis Sr.]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. He died in 1947.
*[[Glenn Hammond Curtiss]] (1878{{En dash}}1930)
*[[Levitt Luzern Custer]] (1888{{En dash}}1962)

===D===
*[[John B. Daniell]] (?{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Herbert Dargue|Herbert Arthur Dargue]] (1886{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Earl Stanley Daugherty]] (1887{{En dash}}1928). He was born on April 4. 1887 in [[Iowa]]. He died in 1928.
*[[Howard Calhoun Davidson]] (1890{{En dash}}1984) Major General US Army Air Force<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107292/major-general-howard-calhoun-davidson/|title = Major General Howard Calhoun Davidson}}</ref>
*[[Stuart Verne Davis]] (1874{{En dash}}1955).<!--He was born on August 31, 1874. He married Mary Agnes Adelsperger on April 7, 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.-->
*[[Walter C. Davis Sr.]] (1893{{En dash}}1952)
*[[Frederick Trubee Davison]] (1896{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Charles Healy Day]] (1884{{En dash}}1955). He was born in [[Salamanca, New York]], on December 29, 1884. He died in [[Pacific Palisades, California]], on May 26, 1955.
*[[Curtiss LaQ. Day]] (1895{{En dash}}1972). He was born on May 24, 1896, in [[Paxton, Illinois]]. He died in 1972.
*[[Antonio Sanche de Bustamente Jr.]] (1886{{En dash}}1951) of Cuba. His father was [[Antonio Sanche de Bustamente Sr.]] of Cuba, a judge of the [[World Court]].<ref>{{cite news |title=World Court Clash Subsides At Geneva |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E14FA355E1B728DDDA80A94D1405B808FF1D3 |quote=Antonio Sanche de Bustamente of Cuba, a judge of the World Court, was responsible for the Cuban policy ...|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 21, 1930 }}</ref>
*[[Clarence Adair Degiers]] (1888{{En dash}}1987)
*[[Dana Chase DeHart]] (1886{{En dash}}1975)
*[[Fred Korstad DeKor]] (1878{{En dash}}1964). He was born in [[Lyon County, Iowa]], on February 24, 1878. He died in 1964.
*[[Raphael Sergius de Mitkiewicz]] (1884{{En dash}}1946)
*[[William Austin Denehie]] (1891{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Richard Henry Depew Jr.]] (1892{{En dash}}1948). He was born in [[Plainfield, New Jersey]], on May 20, 1892. He died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] at his home on January 28, 1948.
*[[Lionel Herbert DeRemer]] (1889{{En dash}}1962). He was born on February 21, 1889, in [[Harrison, Michigan]], to Mcclennan DeRemer (1866-?). He died in 1962.<!--http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/deremer-lionel-h.html http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=168335564-->
*[[Jean Francis DeVillard]] (1882{{En dash}}?). He was born in [[Fordyce, Arkansas]], on February 28, 1882.
*[[Fairman Rogers Dick]] (1885{{En dash}}1976). He was born on August 7, 1885. He died in 1976.
*[[Charles Dickinson (aviator)|Charles Dickinson]] (1858{{En dash}}1935). He was made an honorary member. He was born in 1858 which makes him the oldest of the Early Birds of Aviation. He was one of the founding brothers, along with his brothers Albert Dickinson and Nathan Dickinson, of the [[Dickinson Seed Company]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. At the turn of the century it was one of the largest seed companies in the world. Some of his international flights were used to bring back seeds from foreign countries.
*[[William C. Diehl]] (1891{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Ralph Clayton Diggins]] (1887{{En dash}}1959) of the Ralph C. Diggins Company. He was born on March 7, 1887, in [[Cadillac, Michigan]], and moved to [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He made his first flight in 1912 and was the 26th person in the United States to receive a pilot's license issued by the [[Aero Club of America]]. He died in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |title=McHenry Countian Was An Air Pioneer |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994{{En dash}}11{{En dash}}27/features/9411270082_1_wright-brothers-air-pioneer-successful-flight |quote=In 1912, Ralph Clayton Diggins made a successful flight and became the 26th person in the United States to receive a pilot's license. It was issued by the Aero Club of America in New York City, before the days of federal regulation. |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 27, 1994 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[William E. Doherty]] (?{{En dash}}1954)
*[[Charles H. Dolan II]] (1895{{En dash}}1981)
*[[Charles Dollfus]] (1893{{En dash}}1981), the father of [[Audouin Dollfus]].
*[[John Domenjoz]] (1886{{En dash}}1952). He was born in Switzerland in 1886. He became an American citizen in 1937. His Blériot airplane is at the [[National Air and Space Museum]]. He was the sixth person to [[Aerobatic maneuver|loop the loop]]. He died in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://earlyaviators.com/edomenjo.htm |title=John Domenjoz |publisher=[[Early Aviators]] }}</ref>
*[[Burton McKendrie Doolittle]] (1897{{En dash}}1990). He was born on 29 January 1897 in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He died on 27 July 1990 in [[Monterey, California]].
*[[Henry Dora]] (?{{En dash}}1977)
*[[Raymond E. Dowd]] (?{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Carl Harry Duede]] (1886{{En dash}}1956) of [[Guthrie County, Iowa]].
*[[David Earle Dunlap]] (1896{{En dash}}1957)
*[[James Leo Dunsworth]] (1887{{En dash}}1956). He was born on February 6, 1887, in [[Carrollton, Illinois]]. He was appointed to the [[United States Military Academy]] and graduated in 1909. In 1933 he attended the [[University of Paris]]. He died on January 12, 1956, in [[Los Angeles, California]].
*[[Francis Victor du Pont]] (1894{{En dash}}1962). He was the son of [[Thomas Coleman du Pont]]. He was a member of the Delaware State Highway Commission from 1922 to 1949 and was appointed commissioner of the [[Bureau of Public Roads]] in 1953 and served to 1955. While serving as Commissioner, he recommended a highway program that led to legislation under which the Interstate Highway System was constructed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/administrators/fdupont.htm |title=Francis V. Dupont |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024112451/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/administrators/fdupont.htm |archive-date=2011-10-24 }}</ref>

===E===
*[[Warren Samuel Eaton]] (1891{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Herman Anthony Ecker]] (1888{{En dash}}1969). He was born on August 31, 1888. He died in July 1969 in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]. He was buried in [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)|Woodlawn Cemetery]] in [[Syracuse, New York]].<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61327358-->
*[[Samuel B. Eckert]] (1884{{En dash}}1973). He was born on [[Christmas Eve]], December 24, 1884, in Philadelphia. first soloed in September 1916 and held [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] certificate number 52 as a hydroplane pilot. He died June 2, 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/eeckert.htm |title=Samuel B. Eckert |publisher=[[Early Aviators]] }}</ref>
*Colonel [[John P. Edgerly]] (1888{{En dash}}1982). He was born on April 3, 1888 in Vermont. He served in the military starting on November 2, 1911. He died on August 12, 1982.
*[[Gustav J. Ekstrom]] (1895{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Frank H. Ellis]] (1896{{En dash}}1979)
*[[Theodore Gordon Ellyson]] (1885{{En dash}}1928)
*[[Albert Elton]] (1888{{En dash}}1975). He was born on August 9, 1888, in [[Youngstown, Ohio]]. He soloed on November 9, 1911, at [[Kinlock Field]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], in a [[Wright Model B]]. He was [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] license number 75. He died on June 20, 1975, in [[Columbiana, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/eelton.htm |title=Albert Elton |publisher=[[Early Aviators]] }}</ref>
*[[Raffe Emerson]] (1880{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Albert John Engel]] (1879{{En dash}}1978). He was born on May 12, 1879. He died in December 1978 in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
*[[LeRoy M. Ennis]] (1893{{En dash}}1978)
*[[Louis G. Erickson]] (?{{En dash}}1946)
*Commodore [[Frithiof Gustaf Ericson]] (1880{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Robert Esnault-Pelterie]] (1881{{En dash}}1957) of France.
*Captain [[Jonathan Dickinson Este]] (1887{{En dash}}1962) of Philadelphia. He was born in 1887 in Philadelphia to Charles Este. He married Lydia Richmond on February 6, 1919, in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Marriage Announcement |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/02/06/106359376.pdf |quote=Capt. J. Dickinson Este, Air Service Aeronautics, United States Army, son of the late Charles Este and Mrs. Este of Philadelphia. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 6, 1919 }}</ref>
*[[Francis Thomas Evans Sr.]] (1886{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Wilhelm Heinrich Evers]] (1884{{En dash}}1960) of Nieder Elbe, Germany.<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/eevers.htm-->

===F===
*[[Henri Fabre]] (1882{{En dash}}1984). One of the longest and last living aviation pioneers dying at 102.
*[[Elisha Noel Fales]] (1887{{En dash}}1970). He was born in [[Lake Forest, Illinois]], on December 23, 1887. He flew solo on April 2, 1910. He received his B.S. degree from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1911. He died of leukemia on December 29, 1970, at the [[Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore)|Good Samaritan Hospital]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].
*[[Charles L. Fay]] (?{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Louis A. Fenouillet]] (?{{En dash}}1943)
*[[Harry Ferguson]] (1884{{En dash}}1960) of Ireland.
*Major [[Paul Lee Ferron]] (1888{{En dash}}1956). He was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], on March 2, 1888. He died in 1956.
*[[Farnum Thayer Fish]] (1896{{En dash}}1978)
*[[Sheplar Ward FitzGerald]] (1884{{En dash}}1953)
*[[Maximilian Charles Fleischmann]] (1877{{En dash}}1951)
*[[Luis de Florez]] (1889{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Anthony H. G. Fokker|Anton Herman Gerard Fokker]] (1890{{En dash}}1939)
*[[Harry H. Ford]] (?{{En dash}}1969) of Ford Engineering in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].
*[[Joseph Roswell Forkner]] (1892{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Benjamin Delahauf Foulois]] (1879{{En dash}}1967)
*[[Heraclio Alfaro Fournier]], the grandson of the founder of [[Naipes Heraclio Fournier]].
*[[Harold S. Fowler]] (1887{{En dash}}1957). He was born in [[Liverpool, England]], in 1887. His parents then moved to New York City. He died in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], on January 17, 1957, at the age of 70.
*[[Robert George Fowler]] (1884{{En dash}}1966) of [[San Francisco, California]]
*[[Roy Newell Francis]] (1886{{En dash}}1952)
*[[Joseph Frantz (aviator)|Joseph Frantz]] (1890{{En dash}}1979)
*[[William Yates Fray]] (1882{{En dash}}1968)
*[[John Frederick Freund Sr.]] (1874{{En dash}}1932). He was born on June 8, 1874, in [[Frankfurt am Main, Germany]]. He was the father of [[John F. Freund]] (1918{{En dash}}2001).<!--File:John Fredrick Freund, Sr. (1874-1932) in the Scarsdale Inquire on 19 February 1932.jpg--> He died in 1932 at Memorial Hospital in [[Manhattan, New York City]].
*[[Arthur Theodore Frolich]] (1892{{En dash}}1936)
*[[Donald Frost]] (?{{En dash}}1950)
*[[John Frost (aviator)|John Frost]] (1883{{En dash}}1945) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/efrost.htm |title=John Frost |quote=John Frost was born at San Antonio, September 10, 1883. He graduated from Princeton in 1903 and entered the banking business. In 1916 he learned to fly at the Stinson School, bought his own airplane and had some 200 hours when commissioned directly from civil life as First Lieutenant, Signal Officers Reserve Corps, July 10, 1917. He passed his R.M.A. test October 15, 1917. ... |publisher=[[Early Aviators]] }}</ref>
*[[Rutherford Fullerton]] (1880{{En dash}}1952). He was born June 30, 1880, in [[Columbus, Ohio]]. He died on May 17, 1952, in [[Laguna Beach, California]]. He was buried in [[Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|Green Lawn Cemetery]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]].

===G===
*[[John Rudolph Gammeter]] (1876{{En dash}}1957)
*[[Harry Gantz]] (1888{{En dash}}1949)<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/egantz.htm-->
*[[Paul E. Garber|Paul Edward Garber]] (1899{{En dash}}1992).<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul E. Garber, 93, First Curator Of National Air and Space Exhibit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/25/obituaries/paul-e-garber-93{{En dash}}first-curator-of-national-air-and-space-exhibit.html |quote=Paul E. Garber, whose childhood fascination with a kite inspired a lifelong love of aviation that led to the founding of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, died on Wednesday at the Arlington Hospital in Arlington, Va. He was 93 years old and lived in Arlington. ... An amateur flier, he was three times elected president of the Early Birds of Aviation, a fraternity of pilots who flew solo before 1916. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= September 25, 1992 }}</ref>
*[[Ben Garrison (pilot)|Ben Garrison]] (1888{{En dash}}1947)
*[[Ivan R. Gates]] (1890{{En dash}}1932)
*[[George Gay (aviator)]] (1892{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Louis H. Gertson]] (1887{{En dash}}1942)
*[[William Wallace Gibson]] (1876{{En dash}}1965)
*[[George S. Gillespie]] (1889{{En dash}}1975)
*[[Edgar Allen Goff Jr.]] (1896{{En dash}}1989)
*[[Frank W. Goodale]] (1889{{En dash}}1948) <ref>{{cite news |title=Brother Dies in Florida |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VaQxAAAAIBAJ&pg=5718,754415&dq=frank+goodale+pilot&hl=en |quote= ... held pilot license number 6 ...|newspaper=[[Ludington Daily News]] |date=September 17, 1948 }}</ref>
*[[Lewis E. Goodier Jr.]] (1885{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Donald H. Gordon]] (1883{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Edgar Staley Gorrell]] (1891{{En dash}}1945)
*[[Harry T. Graham]] (1874{{En dash}}1952)
*[[Charles Hampson Grant]] (1894{{En dash}}1987)<!--https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/grantcharleshampson.pdf-->
*[[Rudolph R. Grant]] (?{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Harry D. Graulich]] (1896{{En dash}}1968). He was born in [[New York City]] on July 2, 1896. He died on Thursday, October 24, 1968, in [[Riverside Township, New Jersey|Riverside, New Jersey]].
*[[George Alphonso Gray]] (1882{{En dash}}1956)<!--George Alphonso Gray-->
*[[John F. Gray]] (?{{En dash}}1976)
*[[William Greene (aviator)]] (1872{{En dash}}1952) was a dentist.
*[[David Gregg (aviator)]] (1895{{En dash}}1973). He was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], on September 29, 1895. He died on March 11, 1973.
*[[Michael Gregor (aircraft engineer)|Michael Gregor]] (1888{{En dash}}1953)
*[[George D. Grundy Jr.]] (1898{{En dash}}1998). He was the last member of the Early Birds of Aviation to die.<ref name="grundy"/>
*[[Emil Gustafson]] (?{{En dash}}1951).<!--He was possibly born on 13 June 1887 in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He died on 5 November 1951.-->

===H===
*[[Clifton Overman Hadley]] (1877{{En dash}}1963) was the first paid [[airmail]] pilot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clifton O. Hadley Flies to Scene of His Early Triumphs |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A16FC3858127A93C1A81789D85F4D8385F9 |quote=Clifton O. Hadley, a pioneer of aviation and said at Bendix Field to have been the first paid air-mail pilot, made a sentimental air journey to Tarrytown, NY, today, ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 13, 1939 }}</ref> He was born on February 10, 1877, to Alfred Hadley and Keziah K. Overman. He married Nellie M. Callahan on October 21, 1902. He died on June 10, 1963, at [[Reading Hospital and Medical Center]] in [[Reading, Pennsylvania]], at age 87.<ref>{{cite news |title= Clifton Hadley, 87, A Pioneer Aviator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/06/11/archives/clifton-hadley-87-a-pioneer-aviator.html |quote=Clifton O. Hadley, a pioneer airplane pilot, died yesterday in Reading Hospital. He was 87 years old. Mr. Hadley made his first solo flight ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 1963 }}</ref>
*[[Ernest C. Hall]] (1897{{En dash}}1972)
*Colonel [[George Eustace Amyot Hallett]] (1890{{En dash}}1982). He and [[John Cyril Porte]] planned to make the first [[transatlantic flight]]. They were going to use a [[flying boat]] commissioned by [[Rodman Wanamaker]], but were prevented by the start of [[World War I]].
*[[Garnet Roy Halliday]] (1891{{En dash}}1955) of Canada. He was born on June 21, 1891, in Canada. He died on January 27, 1955, in [[Los Angeles, California]].
*[[Thomas Foster Hamilton]] (1894{{En dash}}1969) of the [[Hamilton Standard|Hamilton Standard Company]].
*[[Lee Hammond]] (1890{{En dash}}1932)<!--http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1270773/ http://earlyaviators.com/ehammond.htm Possibly Lee Hammond
BIRTH: abt 1890 - USA
DEATH: 20 Nov 1931 - Collier, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA-->
*[[Stedman Shumway Hanks]] (1889{{En dash}}1979)
*Major General [[Thomas J. Hanley Jr.]] (1893{{En dash}}1969)<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/ehanley.htm http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tjhanleyjr.htm-->
*Lieutenant General [[Millard Harmon]] (1888{{En dash}}1945) was in the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaign in [[World War II]]. He died on March 3, 1945.
*[[William Harper Jr.]] (?{{En dash}}?)<!--http://earlyaviators.com/eharper.htm-->
*[[Helen Hodge Harris]] (1893{{En dash}}1967). ♀
*[[Arthur J. Hartman]] (1888{{En dash}}1970). He died on October 19, 1970.
*[[Harold Hartney]] (1888{{En dash}}1945)
*[[Bert Raymond John Hassell|Bert R. J. Hassell]] (1893{{En dash}}1974), American pilot who, with Parker D. Cramer, established in 1928 the use of the [[Flight planning#Complete routes|Great Circle Route]] over the Atlantic Ocean for the minimum distance between two points on a globe, the route most commercial airliners would later employ.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bert R. J. Hassell, Great-Circle Pilot |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UPI |date=14 September 1974 |at=Page 32, column 5 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/14/archives/bert-r-j-hassell-greatcircle-pilot.html |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[Charles Edward Hathorn]] (1879{{En dash}}1955). He was born on December 6, 1879, in of [[Mason City, Iowa]]. In 1912 he flew his Curtiss-type biplane from the prairie between [[Mason City, Iowa]], and [[Clear Lake, Iowa]]. He died on May 21, 1955, in [[Los Angeles, California]].
*[[William E. Haupt]] (?{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Beckwith Havens]] (1890{{En dash}}1969)
*Commander [[Willis Bradley Haviland]] (1890{{En dash}}1944)
*[[Alan Ramsay Hawley]] (1864{{En dash}}1938)
*[[Jack W. Heard]] (1887{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Edward Bayard Heath]] (1888{{En dash}}1931)
*[[Andrew Hallenbeck Heermance]] (1895{{En dash}}1984)
*Major [[Leo Gerald Heffernan]] (1889{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Howard J. Heindell]] (1896{{En dash}}1972). He was born in [[Oil City, Pennsylvania]], on August 3, 1896. He died on June 9, 1972.
*[[Albert Sigmund Heinrich]] (1889{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Arthur O. Heinrich]] (1887{{En dash}}1958). He was born on April 18, 1887.
*[[John C. Henning]] (1878{{En dash}}1953)
*[[Charles A. Herrman]] (?{{En dash}}1953)<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/eherrman.htm-->
*[[Charles E. Hess]] (?{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Eugene Heth]] (1879{{En dash}}1959), aka Wild Bill Heth.<!--http://earlyaviators.com/eheth.htm-->
*[[William A. Hetlich Jr.]] (?{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Robert Penrose Hewitt]] (1894{{En dash}}1953). He was born in [[Philadelphia]] on July 2, 1894. He died in 1953.<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in American Aeronautics |year=1922 |quote=Hewitt, Robert P., Test Pilot; born, Philadelphia, Pa. July 2 [sic], 1894; son of Luther E. Hewitt and Nellie (Jennings) Hewitt; married, Millicent G. Hand, Dec. 7, 1917. Educated: Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Temple University. Professional: Civilian Aviation. Aeronautical Activities: 1911, Building and flying gliders; 1917{{En dash}}1918, instructing and test pilot, Call Field; 1918, detached service, Naval Air Station, Miami; 1919, Chief Pilot, Aero Limited; 1920, Aero Ltd. and Aero Service Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.; 1921{{En dash}}1922, Wright Aeronautical Corp. Flying Rating: Aero Club Pilots Certificate No. 8609; Experts Certificate No. 228; Civilian No. 701; Reserve Military Aviator. War Service: 2nd Pennsylvania F. A. from beginning of war to Sept. 1917 when transferred to Air Service. Member: Aero Club of America; Automobile Association; American Legion. Present Occupation: Test Pilot, Wright Aeronautical Corp. Address: 238 Lewis St., Paterson, N. J.; home, 111 E. Durham St., Philadelphia, Pa. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRpaAAAAYAAJ&q=ROBERT+HEWITT+aviator }}</ref>
*[[John E. Hickey]] (1890{{En dash}}1970). He was born on January 26, 1890, in [[Springfield, Illinois]]. He died in [[Ashland, Illinois]], on August 11, 1970, three weeks after his appendix ruptured.
*[[Frederick C. Hild]] (1890{{En dash}}1963). He was born in 1890. He died in [[Miami, Florida]], on October 31, 1963.
*[[Erik Hildes-Heim]] (1894{{En dash}}1983)
*[[Stanley Hiller Sr.]], the father of [[Stanley Hiller|Stanley Hiller Jr.]] (1924{{En dash}}2006)
*[[Edward Foote Hinkle]] (1876{{En dash}}1967). He was born on May 22, 1876.
*[[Melvin Wyman Hodgdon]] (1896{{En dash}}1980)
*[[Russell F. Holderman]] (1895{{En dash}}1981). He was born on February 26, 1895. He died on May 25, 1981 at age 86.
*[[Edward Henry Holterman]] (1886{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Max Holtzem]] (1892{{En dash}}1980)
*[[Frederick Adam Hoover]] (1887{{En dash}}1981)
*[[Orton William Hoover]] (1891{{En dash}}1958). He was born on March 11, 1891, in [[Fairmount, Indiana]]. He died on June 16, 1958.
*[[Clarence F. Horton]] (?{{En dash}}1964).<!--He may have died on February 28, 1964. in [[DeKalb County, Georgia]]. -->
*[[Frederick Edgar Hummel]] (1896{{En dash}}1975). He was born on August 18, 1896, in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], to John Peter Hummel. He died on May 26, 1975, in [[Richmond, Virginia]].<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51381545-->
*[[Frederick Erastus Humphreys]] (1883{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Howard Huntington]] (1885{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Joseph Raymond Hutchinson]] (1886{{En dash}}1975)

===I, J===
*[[Leslie Irvin (parachutist)|Leslie Leroy Irvin]] (1895{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Edwin Kenneth Jaquith]] (1892{{En dash}}1984)
*[[William C. Jenkins]] (?{{En dash}}1957) of [[Staten Island, New York City]].
*[[Shakir Saliba Jerwan]] (1881{{En dash}}1942)
*[[Christian Johanssen]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*Major General [[Davenport Johnson]] (1890{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Edward Albert Johnson]] (1885{{En dash}}1949)
*[[Frank M. Johnson (aviator)|Frank M. Johnson]] (?{{En dash}}1961). On February 12, 1910 he became the first native Californian to own and fly an airplane.<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/ejohnfra.htm-->
*[[James M. Johnson (aviator)|James M. Johnson]] (1885{{En dash}}?). He was born July 19, 1885, in [[Helena, Arkansas]], to Belle T. and James B. Johnson. He married Cornelia Spencer on June 25, 1912.<!--https://books.google.com/books?id=VRpaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=James+M.+Johnson+aviator -->
*[[Louis Johnson (aviator)|Louis Johnson]] (?{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Robert R. Johnson (aviator)|Robert R. Johnson]] (1891{{En dash}}1959). He was born in 1891. He was awarded [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] certificate number 205 in 1913. He died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], on November 5, 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/ejohnrob.htm |title=Robert R. Johnson |quote=Robert R. Johnson, 68, of Salem, Missouri passed away November 5, 1959 in a St. Louis hospital after a long illness. A holder of F. A. I. license 205 issued in 1913, he learned to fly at St Louis early in 1911, and during the next five years he flew extensively with various planes and flying boats. |publisher=[[Early Aviators]] }}</ref>
*[[Victor G. Johnson]] (?{{En dash}}1983)
*[[Walter Ellsworth Johnson]] (1889{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Archibald B. Johnston]] (?{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Byron Quinby Jones]] (1888{{En dash}}1959)
*[[Ernest LaRue Jones]] (1882{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Harry M. Jones]] (1890{{En dash}}1973)
*[[Assen Jordanoff]] (1896{{En dash}}1967)

===K===
*[[John William Kabitzke]] (1885{{En dash}}1944). He was born on August 18, 1885, in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], to Paul Peter Kabitzke. He married Roxie Rockcastle. He died on August 15, 1944, in [[Elgin, Illinois]]
*[[John G. Kaminski]] (1893{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Harold Dewolf Kantner]] (1886{{En dash}}1973)
*[[Frank T. Kastory Sr.]] (1883{{En dash}}1966). He was born on April 11, 1883, in Nyagy Kikinda, Hungary. He became a United States citizen in 1908. He received [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] license number 261 on August 12, 1913. He married Ida Brandenburg on June 27, 1917, in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He died in 1966 in [[Bradenton, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Kastory, Among Earliest Fliers, Recalls Aerial Feats
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VUlSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5725,5414016&dq=frank+kastory&hl=en |quote= Kastory is a member of early Birds." This club is composed of about 500 persons who flew a plane 'solo' prior to 1916. Kastory is about as early a bird as there is ...|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date= December 12, 1955 }}</ref>
*[[Victorin Katchinsky]] (1891{{En dash}}1986)
*[[Horace P. Keane]] (1885{{En dash}}1974). He was born on July 29, 1885, in [[St. Joseph, Michigan]]. He died on May 7, 1974, in [[Topanga, California]].
*[[George Martin Keightley]] (1886{{En dash}}1967). He was born on 5 June 5, 1886. He died on December 30, 1967, and was buried in Tennessee.
*[[Edward A. Kelly (aviator)|Edward A. Kelly]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Ralph B. Kennard]] (?{{En dash}}1978)
*[[Frank M. Kennedy]] (?{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Walter G. Kilner]] (1888{{En dash}}1940)
*[[Leo B. Kimball]] (1896{{En dash}}1977)
*[[Wilbur Ravel Kimball]] (1863{{En dash}}1940).<ref name=bio>{{cite news |title=Wilbur R. Kimball, Aircraft Inventor. Builder of First Helicopter in U.S. Perfected Electrical Devices. Dies at 77. Aide to Alexander Bell. Edison Helper. Devised a System for Underground Transmission of Power |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/07/31/archives/wilbur-r-kimball-aircraft-inventor-builder-of-first-helicopter-in.html |quote=Wilbur R. Kimball, electrical and aircraft inventor, who was associated in his youth with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Edison, died late Monday night in St. Luke's Hospital of organic maladies, it was learned yesterday. His age was 77. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 31, 1940 }}</ref>
*[[Ralph Mason Kinderman]] (1887{{En dash}}1969). He was born on August 13, 1887, at [[Grafton, West Virginia]]. He died October 21, 1969, in [[Middletown, New Jersey]].
*[[Bertell Wadsworth King]] (1887{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Dr. Jerome Kingsbury]] (1871{{En dash}}1944)
*[[James L. Kinney]] (?{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Roy Carrington Kirtland]] (1874{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Daniel Kiser]] (?{{En dash}}1934)
*[[Augustus Roy Knabenshue]] (1875{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Roland Southard Knowlson]] (1893{{En dash}}1957) of [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
*[[Alfred Koenig]] (?{{En dash}}1960) of Germany.
*[[August Karl Koerbling]] (1894{{En dash}}1970). He was born on August 27, 1894. He died on April 29, 1970, in Los Angeles.
*[[Esten Bolling Koger]] (1881{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Edward Albert Korn]] (1888{{En dash}}1980).<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87605907--> He was born on March 2, 1888, in [[Montra, Ohio]], and had an aviator brother, [[Milton Homer Korn]] (1889{{En dash}}1913)<!--Milton Homer Korn BIRTH: 28 Nov 1889 - Shelby County, Ohio, USA DEATH: 19 Aug 1913 - Shelby County, Ohio, USA http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23444814--> who died in an [[aviation accident or incident|airplane crash]]. Edward died in September 17, 1980, in [[Sea Girt, New Jersey]]. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in [[Lansing, Michigan]].<!--http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/ODaWU0293.xml;query=;brand=default--><!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87605907-->
*[[James S. Krull]] (1889{{En dash}}1978)<!--https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157297062/james-stephen-krull-->
*[[Carl T. Kuhl]] (?{{En dash}}1952)

===L===
*[[Božena Laglerová]] (1886{{En dash}}1941). Czech pioneer aviator. She became first woman licensed by the [[Austrian Aero Club]] and second woman licensed by Germany.
*[[John Kerr LaGrone]] (1890{{En dash}}1953)
*[[Frank Purdy Lahm]] (1877{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Emil Matthew Laird]] (1896{{En dash}}1982). He put the first commercial aircraft into production at his E. M. Laird Aviation Company.
*[[Dean Ivan Lamb]] (1886{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Albert Bond Lambert]] (1875{{En dash}}1946)
*Corporal [[William Antony Lamkey]] (?{{En dash}}1963). He died on January 7, 1963 at the Veterans Hospital, in [[West Los Angeles, California]].
*[[Jean Marie Landrey]] (1888{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Boyd Latham]] (?{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Ruth Bancroft Law]] (1887{{En dash}}1970) ♀
*[[Frank William LaVista]] (1893{{En dash}}1963). He was born on March 11, 1893 in New York City. He attended North Carolina University. By 1930 he was living in [[Hempstead, New York]]. He died on July 1, 1963.<!--BIRTH: 11 Mar 1893
DEATH: 1 Jul 1963-->
*[[Oliver Colin LeBoutillier]] (1894{{En dash}}1983)
*[[E. Hamilton Lee]] (1892{{En dash}}1994)
*[[Robert Edward Lee (aviator)|Robert Edward Lee]] (1886{{En dash}}1973)
*[[Walter Edwin Lees]] (1887{{En dash}}1957)
*[[Bruce Gardner Leighton]] (1892{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Willy Lenert]] (1885{{En dash}}1968) aka Willie Lenert of Michigan
*[[Lawrence Leon]] (1889{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Lawrence J. Lesh]] (1892{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Samuel C. Lewis]] (1886{{En dash}}1946)
*[[Goethe Link]] (1879{{En dash}}1980)
*[[Walter Lissauer]] (1882{{En dash}}1965). He migrated from Germany to New Jersey.<!--Possibly "Walter J. Lissauer" http://www.earlyaviators.com/elissaue.htm 11 Apr 1882 - Berlin, Germany NAME:
Walter Lissauer
BIRTH: 11. April 1882 (11 Apr 1882) - Germany
DEATH: 25. Oktober 1965 (25 Oct 1965) - Osceola, Florida, USA
MARRIAGE: 15. März 1904 (15 Mar 1904) - Berlin, Germany
PARENTS: Eduard Hugo (Edward) Lissauer
SPOUSE: Margarethe Berta Lesser -->
*[[Allan Haines Lockheed]]<!--Perhaps Allan Haines Loughead--> (1889{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Grover C. Loening]] (1888{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Albin Kasper Longren]] (1882{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Flavius Earl Loudy]] (?{{En dash}}1953)
*[[Israel Ludlow (aviator)|Israel Ludlow]] (1873{{En dash}}1955)

===M===
*Colonel [[Theodore Charles Macaulay]] (1887{{En dash}}1965). He was born on September 30, 1887, in Minnesota. He died on April 19, 1965, in [[San Diego, California]]. He was buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3415169-->
*[[Leslie C. MacDill]] (1889{{En dash}}1938) ✝. He died in an [[aircrash]].
*[[Charles Stuart MacDonald]] (1884{{En dash}}1953)
*[[Robert Francis MacFie]] (1881{{En dash}}1943)
*[[Emory Conrad Malick]] (1881{{En dash}}1958)
*[[Kenneth Marr]] (?{{En dash}}1963)
*[[James Cairn Mars]] (1875{{En dash}}1944). He was the 11th licensed pilot in the United States.
*[[Richard C. Marshall]] (?{{En dash}}?). He was an airmail pilot.
*[[Glenn Luther Martin]] (1886{{En dash}}1955)
*Colonel [[Harold S. Martin]] (1892{{En dash}}1961)
*[[James Vernon Martin]] (1885{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Didier Masson]] (1886{{En dash}}1950) of France
*[[William A. Mattery]] (?{{En dash}}1960) of [[Hornell, New York]].<!--Possibly William Adam Mattery of Manhattan-->
*[[Hiram Percy Maxim]] (1869{{En dash}}1936)
*[[James C. McBride]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[James B. McCalley Jr.]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[John W. McClaskey]] (?{{En dash}}1953)
*Governor [[John Alexander Douglas McCurdy]] (1886{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Edward Orrick McDonnell]] (1891{{En dash}}1960)
*Lieutenant [[William Maitland McIlvain]] (1885{{En dash}}1963)<!--
BIRTH: 30 Sep 1885 - Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
DEATH: 26 Sep 1963 - San Diego County, California, USA http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35833012-->
*[[George F. McLaughlin]] (?{{En dash}}1962)
*Lieutenant [[Emil Meinecke]] (1892{{En dash}}1975)
*[[George Meissner]] (1894{{En dash}}1947)
*[[Russell L. Meredith]] (?{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Glenn Edmund Messer]] (1895{{En dash}}1995). He was born in Henry County, Iowa on July 12, 1895. He died on June 13, 1995 in Birmingham, Alabama.
*[[Cord Meyer (aviator)|Cord Meyer]], possibly the father of [[Cord Meyer]]
*[[Charles W. Meyers]] (1896{{En dash}}1972)
*[[Bernetta Miller]] (1884{{En dash}}1972). ♀ She was the fifth licensed woman pilot in the United States.
*[[Lestere Miller]] (1894{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Lloyd E. Miller]] (1890{{En dash}}1968), aka Hank Miller.
*[[William C. Miller]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Thomas DeWitt Milling]] (1887{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Frank Mills (aviator)]] (?{{En dash}}1940)
*[[Robert J. Minshall]] (?{{En dash}}1954) of [[Seattle, Washington]].
*[[Arthur H. Mix]] (1885{{En dash}}1971). He was born on March 19, 1885.
*[[Matilde Moisant]] (1878{{En dash}}1964). ♀ She was the second woman in the United States to get a pilot's license.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matilde Moisant, Early Flyer, Dies. Second Woman in Country to Get Pilot's License. |work=The New York Times|date=February 7, 1964 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Moisant Wins License. Second Woman In This Country To Prove Her Ability To Fly. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0CE2DC1131E233A25757C1A96E9C946096D6CF |quote=Garden City, Long Island. August 13, 1911. With the wind eddies flattened to almost a dead calm, Miss Matilda Moisant, sister of the late John B. Moisant, who was killed at New Orleans last January, distinguished herself this morning as the second woman in this country to win a pilot's license under the rules of the Aero Club of America. |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[Robert S. Moore]] (1867{{En dash}}1944)
*[[Stuart A. Morgan]] (1893{{En dash}}1975)
*[[Raymond Vincent Morris]] (1890{{En dash}}1943). He was born on 31 August 1890 in [[Milford, Connecticut]]. He died on 6 July 1943.
*[[Percy George Brockhurst Morriss]] (1885{{En dash}}1944)
*[[Hollis LeRoy Muller]] (1887{{En dash}}1949)
*[[Herbert Arthur Munter Sr.]] (1895{{En dash}}1970). He was born on 13 June 1894 in [[Seattle, Washington]]. He died on 24 May 1970 in [[Concord, California]].
*[[George Dominic Murray]] (1889{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Edwin Charles Musick]] (1894{{En dash}}1938)
*[[George Francis Meyers]] (1865{{En dash}}1961)

===N ===
*[[Earl L. Naiden]] (1894{{En dash}}1944)
*[[C. Edward Nelson]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Nels J. Nelson]] (1887{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Douglas Blakeshaw Netherwood]] (1885{{En dash}}1943)
*[[George Netzow]] (1889{{En dash}}1977) of Neuenbrook, Germany
*[[John M. H. Nichols]] (?{{En dash}}1982)
*[[Charles Franklin Niles]] (1888{{En dash}}1916)
*[[Russell B. North]] (1893{{En dash}}1972)

===O===
*[[Willy Otto Ober]] (1895{{En dash}}1971)
*[[Edward Olivier]] (1886{{En dash}}?). He was born on July 26, 1886, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. He died in [[Los Angeles, California]].
*[[Earle Lewis Ovington]] (1879{{En dash}}1936)

===P and Q===
*[[George A. Page Jr.]] (?{{En dash}}1983)
*[[Stanley H. Page]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Joseph Marie Pallissard]] (1886{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Harry Park]] (1869{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Evan Jenkins Parker]] (1885{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Fred F. Parker]] (?{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Will D. Parker]] (?{{En dash}}1981)
*[[Augustin Parla|Agustín Parlá Orduña]] (1887{{En dash}}1946). First man to flight from Key West to Mariel, Cuba, and set a world record in 1913.
*[[Edwin Charles Parsons]] (1892{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Charles H. Paterson]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[John W. Pattison]] (1884{{En dash}}1957). He was born on March 10, 1884, in [[Milford, Ohio]]. He died on January 24, 1957.
*[[Felix Wladyslaw Pawlowski]] (1876{{En dash}}1951)
*[[Charles Wesley Peters]] (1889{{En dash}}?) Regarded as the first African American pilot.<ref>[http://www.ancest4.com/emory_malick.shtml Emory ]</ref>
*[[John F. Petre]] (?{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Luba G. Phillips]] (1888{{En dash}}1959)
*[[Elmo Neale Pickerill]] (1885{{En dash}}1968)
*[[Sydney Pickles]] (1894{{En dash}}1975)
*[[Percy Pierce]] (?{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Samuel S. Pierce]] (1887{{En dash}}1973). He died on August 4, 1973, in [[Milton, Massachusetts]].
[[File:Augustus Post Aviator.jpg|thumb|Aviator, balloonist, and automotive pioneer Augustus Post]]
*[[Augustus Post]] (1874{{En dash}}1952) Post was a classic American adventurer who distinguished himself as an automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician and lecturer. He was the 13th man to fly in an airplane, coined the term "airport," conceived and organized the transatlantic air crossing that became the Lindbergh flight, and served a secretary to the [[Aero Club of America]] for more than 20 years.
*[[Edwin M. Post Jr.]] (1893{{En dash}}1973)
*[[George Birkbeck Post]] (1891{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Claude Washington Pound]] (1885{{En dash}}1980).<ref>{{cite news |title=Claude Pound. Former Vice President of Electric Auto-Light Co. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_EVPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240,2747794&dq=claude+pound+former+vice+president&hl=en |quote=Claude W. Pound, 95 ... |newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]] |date=June 8, 1980 }}</ref><!--http://image2.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50609706-->
*[[Clarence Oliver Prest]] (1896{{En dash}}1954)
*[[Maurice L. Prévost]] (1887{{En dash}}1952) of France. He was born in France on September 22, 1887. He married Jeanne Catherine Françoise Mulaton (1881{{En dash}}1956) in [[Reims]] in 1921. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on November 27, 1952.
*[[Frederick Holly Prime]] (1888{{En dash}}1985)
*[[Frederick H. Prince Jr.]] (?{{En dash}}1962)
*[[John Daniel Probst Jr.]] (1895{{En dash}}1932). He was born on July 18, 1895 in New York.
*[[Ira J. Profitt]] (1888{{En dash}}1972) He was born in 1888. He died on August 24, 1972, at the [[Santa Monica Hospital]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], at the age of 80.
*[[George H. Prudden]] (1893{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Sam A. Purcell]] (?{{En dash}}1942)
*[[Harriet Quimby]] (1875{{En dash}}1912) ♀ first American female licensed pilot

===R===
*[[Ira Adelbert Rader]] (1887{{En dash}}1958)
*Admiral [[DeWitt Clinton Ramsey]] (1888{{En dash}}1961). He was born in 1888. He died on September 7, 1961, at the [[Naval Hospital Philadelphia]] at age 72.<ref>{{cite news |title=DeWitt Clinton Ramsey Dead. Admiral Led U. S. Pacific Fleet. Veteran of 37 Years. Retired in 1949. Aviation Officer Commanded the Saratoga |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/08/archives/dewitt-clinton-ramsey-dead-admiral-led-u-s-pacific-fleet-veteran-of.html |quote=Admiral DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, former commander in of the Pacific Fleet, died in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital at the age of 72 ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 8, 1961 }}</ref>
*[[Colonel Alexander Johnston Rankin]] (aviator)(1913{{En dash}}1997). Master Army Aviator, One of four Colonels seleted by General Howze as his Secretariat to the “Howze Board”, Second Army Aviator to be qualified in U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters.
*[[Alexander Rankin (aviator)|Alexander Rankin]] (1887{{En dash}}1948). He was born on March 15, 1887, in [[Frostburg, Maryland]].
*[[Arthur Ray]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Albert C. Read|Albert Cushing Read]] (1887{{En dash}}1967)
*[[Charles Reed (aviator)|Charles Reed]] (?{{En dash}}1941)
*[[Andrew Reid (aviator)|Andrew Reid]] (1887{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Marshall Earle Reid]] (1883{{En dash}}1967)
*[[Clearton Howard Reynolds]] (1883{{En dash}}1930). He was born in 1883 in [[Middletown, Orange County, New York]]. He died on [[Valentine's Day]], February 14, 1930, in an [[automobile accident]] in [[Mt. Clemens, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Captain C. H. Reynolds. Member of Army Air Corps Dies After an Auto Accident |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/02/16/archives/captain-ch-reynolds-member-of-army-air-corps-dies-after-an-auto.html |quote=The War Department has been notified from Clemens, Mich., of the death there today of Clearton H. Reynolds of Garden City, L.I., Captain in the Army Air Corps ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 16, 1930 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/ereynocl.htm |title=Clearton H. Reynolds |quote=Early Bird Clearton H. Reynolds, Capt., A. C., lost his life in an automobile accident, at Mt. Clemens, Mich., on February 14, 1930. |publisher=[[Early Aviators]] }}</ref> He was buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
*[[Harry V. Reynolds]] (?{{En dash}}1951)
*[[Harrison C. Richards]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Holden Chester Richardson]] (1878{{En dash}}1960)
*[[Arthur L. Richmond]] (1896{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Howard Max Rinehart]] (1885{{En dash}}1949)
*[[Hugh Armstrong Robinson]] (1881{{En dash}}1963)
*[[Jean Alfred Roche]] (1894{{En dash}}1977)
*Colonel [[Robert Lockerbie Rockwell]] (1892{{En dash}}1958). He was born on March 18, 1892, in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. He died on January 24, 1958, in [[San Bernardino, California]].
*[[Wallace L. Rockwell]] (?{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Bernard Francis Roehrig]] (1880{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Roland Rohlfs]] (1892{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Domingo Rosillo del Toro]] (1878{{En dash}}1957)
*[[Oliver Andrew Rosto]] (1881{{En dash}}1972). He was born on August 24, 1881. He made his first flight November 5, 1909 in a monoplane of his own design. He died of a stroke on April 10, 1972.
*Major General [[Ralph Royce]] (1890{{En dash}}1965)
*[[George F. Russell (aviator)|George F. Russell]] (?{{En dash}}?) of [[Brooklyn, New York City]].
*[[Lucille Belmont Rutshaw]] (?{{En dash}}1961) ♀

===S===
*[[Gustavo Adolfo Salinas Camiña]] (1893{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Alberto Salinas Carranza]] (1892{{En dash}}1970) of Mexico.
*[[Bert Saunders]] (?{{En dash}}1945) of [[San Francisco, California]].<!--http://www.earlyaviators.com/esaunder.htm-->
* Brigadier General [[Martin F. Scanlon]] (1889{{En dash}}1980). He was born on August 11, 1889. He died on January 26, 1980, at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gen. Martin F. Scanlon, Early Aviator in Military |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/01/29/archives/gen-martin-f-scanlon-early-aviator-in-military.html |quote=Brig. Gen. Martin Francis Scanlon of the Army, retired, and one of the first military aviators, died of heart failure Saturday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He was 90 years old. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 29, 1980 }}</ref>
*Lieutenant [[William G. Schauffer]] (?{{En dash}}1951)
*[[Frank Schoeber]] (1891{{En dash}}1970). He was born in [[New York City]] on April 21, 1891. He soloed a plane in August 1912 in [[Mineola, New York]]. He had a stroke in 1961. He died on July 19, 1970, in [[Cape May, New Jersey]], at the age of 79.
*[[Rudolf William Schroeder]] (1886{{En dash}}1952)
*Major [[Edward Graf Schultz]] (1898{{En dash}}1943). ✝ He was born in 1898 in New Jersey. He was killed in action on July 29, 1943 near Yangkai, China after returning from a bombing mission over Hong Kong.
*[[Blanche Stuart Scott]] (1885{{En dash}}1970) ♀
* Lieutenant [[Lyle H. Scott]] (1886{{En dash}}1930). ✝ He was killed in an [[aircrash]].
*[[George Henry Scragg]] (1890{{En dash}}1968)
*[[William Edmund Scripps]] (1882{{En dash}}1952)
*[[Howard M. Shafer]] (1893{{En dash}}1973)
*[[Castle W. Shaffer]] (1882{{En dash}}1954) aka Lucky Bob Saint Henry.
*[[Cleve Thomas Shaffer]] (1884{{En dash}}1964). He was born on December 3, 1884.
*[[Walter J. Shaffer]] (1891{{En dash}}1974)
*[[Robert F. Shank]] (1891{{En dash}}1968)<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41905168 Oct. 5, 1891
Hurricane
Putnam County
West Virginia, USA
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*[[Samuel H. Sharp]] (?{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Benson Russell Shaw]] (1894{{En dash}}1961)
*[[William H. Sheahan]] (1872{{En dash}}1956). He was born on August 22, 1872. He died on September 11, 1956. His archive is housed at the National Air and Space Museum.<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29300114-->
*[[A. P. Shirley]] (?{{En dash}}1951)
*[[Charles W. Shoemaker]] (1891{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Joseph Clark Shoemaker]] (1881{{En dash}}1956). He was born in [[Bridgeton, New Jersey]], on January 8, 1881, to Clement Waters Shoemaker. He attended Princeton University. he died in 1956.
*[[Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky]] (1889{{En dash}}1972)
*[[Milton H. Simmons]] (?{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Oliver G. Simmons]] (1878{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Robert Simon (aviator)|Robert Simon]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Dorothy Rice Sims]] (1889{{En dash}}1960) ♀
*[[Cecil Raymond Sinclair]] (188{{En dash}}1986). He was born on April 8, 1888, in [[Chandlerville, Illinois]]
*[[Albert Daniel Smith]] (1887{{En dash}}1970)
*[[Hilder Florentina Smith]] (1890{{En dash}}1977) ♀
*[[James Floyd Smith]] (1884{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Jay Dee Smith]] (1889{{En dash}}1963). First commercial flight in the world, Saint Petersburg, Florida
*[[Lawton Vasque Smith]] (1894{{En dash}}1963)
*Major General [[Ralph C. Smith]] (1893{{En dash}}1998)
*[[Orval Huff Snyder]] (1892{{En dash}}1951) was treasurer for Aire-Kraft
*[[Oscar A. Solbrig]] (1870{{En dash}}1941)<!-- NO middle name found. BIRTH: 1 May 1870 - Germany
DEATH: 26 Aug 1941 - Davenport, Iowa, USA
MARRIAGE: 2 Feb 1894 - Davenport, Iowa, USA
PARENTS: Eli Solbrig, Erdmute Zeonner
SPOUSE: Mary Solbrig -->
*[[Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith]] (1888{{En dash}}1989)
*[[Carl Andrew Spaatz]] (1891{{En dash}}1974)
*Commander [[Earl Winfield Spencer Jr.]] (1888{{En dash}}1950)
*[[Percival Hopkins Spencer]] (1897{{En dash}}1995)
*[[Thomas Eric Springer]] (1892{{En dash}}1971)
*[[Anthony Stadlman]] (1886{{En dash}}1982).<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Anthony Stadlman, 96, A Pioneer Of Lockheed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/10/obituaries/anthony-stadlman-96-a-pioneer-of-lockheed.html |quote=Anthony Stadlman, an early pioneer of the original Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, is dead at the age of 96, friends said today. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 10, 1982 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lockheed co-founder dies at 96 |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/10/Lockheed-co-founder-dies-at-96/8742400478400/ |newspaper=[[United Press International]] |date=September 10, 1982 }}</ref>
*[[William M. Stark]] (?{{En dash}}1942)
*[[Arney P. Stenrud]] (1895{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Thomas E. Steptoe]] (1884{{En dash}}1960)
*[[John B. Stetson (aviator)|John B. Stetson]], possibly a descendant of [[John Batterson Stetson]]
*[[Robert J. Stewart]] (1883{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Edward Stinson]] (1893{{En dash}}1932)
*[[Katherine Stinson]] (1891{{En dash}}1977) ♀
*[[Marjorie Stinson]] (1895{{En dash}}1975) ♀
*[[Paul R. Stockton]] (1880{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Arthur Burr Stone]] (1874{{En dash}}1943)
*[[Elmer Fowler Stone]] (1887{{En dash}}1936)
*Lieutenant General [[George Edward Stratemeyer]] (1890{{En dash}}1969)
*[[John Gale Stratton]] (?{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Paul Studenski]] (1888{{En dash}}1936)
*[[Max F. Stupar]] (1885{{En dash}}1944) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/estupar.htm |title=Max F. Stupar|quote=Max Stupar, 59, Austrian-born industrial-aviation planner; in an airplane crash, while flying a twin-engined cargo plane from Marietta, Ga. to Buffalo, N.Y.; near Wright Field, Dayton. |publisher=Early Aviators }}</ref>
*[[Hugo Sundstedt]] (1886{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Harry B. Suppe]] (?{{En dash}}1969)
*[[William Fred Suppe]] (?{{En dash}}1969)
*[[Andrew M. Surini]] (1894{{En dash}}1958)
*[[Adolph Gilbert Sutro]] (1891{{En dash}}1981). He was born on October 25, 1891, in [[San Francisco, California]].
*[[John Redondo Benjamin Sutton]] (1890{{En dash}}1947)

===T===
*[[w:fr:Maurice Tabuteau|Maurice Tabuteau]] (1884{{En dash}}1976)<ref>[http://earlyaviators.com/etabutea.htm Maurice Tabuteau; earlyaviators.com] Retrieved February 12, 2016</ref>
*[[Gurdon Lucius Tarbox]] (1888{{En dash}}1971)
*[[Lansing Kellogg Tevis]] (1893{{En dash}}1957)
*Lieutenant Colonel [[William Thaw (aviator)|William Thaw]] (1893{{En dash}}1934)
*[[Joseph H. Thomas]] (?{{En dash}}1965)
*[[William T. Thomas]] (1888{{En dash}}1966)
*[[DeLloyd Thompson]] (1888{{En dash}}1949)
*[[Carl H. Thomsen]] (?{{En dash}}1984)
*[[Charles Burrell Tibbs]] (1896{{En dash}}1965)
*[[Samuel Alexander Tickell]] (1890{{En dash}}1966). He was born on September 4, 1890, in New York City, New York, He died in 1966.<!--http://earlyaviators.com/etickell.htm
BIRTH: 4 Jul 1890 - New York City, New York
MILITARY: 4 Sep 1918-->
*[[Carter Tiffany]] (1896{{En dash}}1977)
*[[Otto William Timm]] (1893{{En dash}}1978)
*[[Henry Edwards Toncray]] (1894{{En dash}}1929)
*[[Joseph R. Torrey]] (1892{{En dash}}1983)
*Admiral [[John Henry Towers]] (1885{{En dash}}1955) was a United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator. He made important contributions to the technical and organizational development of naval aviation from its very beginnings, eventually serving as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics (1939–1942). He commanded carrier task forces during World War II, and retired in December 1947. He and [[Marc Mitscher]] were the only early Naval Aviation pioneers to survive the extreme hazards of early flight to remain with naval aviation throughout their careers. He was the first naval aviator to achieve flag rank and was the most senior advocate for naval aviation during a time when the Navy was dominated by battleship admirals. Towers spent his last years supporting aeronautical research and advising the aviation industry.
*[[James Clifford Turpin]] (1886{{En dash}}1966)
*[[Horace B. Tuttle]] (1881{{En dash}}1964)
*[[John H. Tweed]] (?{{En dash}}1961)

===U===
*[[Ralph Hazlett Upson]] (1888{{En dash}}1968) <ref>{{cite news |title=Ralph Upson, 80, Balloonist, Dies. Racing Champion Turned to Planes Later in Career |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/08/15/archives/ralph-ups0n-80-balloonist-dies-racing-champion-turned-to-planes.html |quote=Ralph Hazlett Upson, aeronautical engineer who was a balloon-racing champion from 1913 to 1921, died Tuesday at Burien General Hospital. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 15, 1968 }}</ref>

===V===
*[[George E. Van Arsdale]] (?{{En dash}}1948)
*[[Clifford C. Vandivort]] (1893{{En dash}}1938) of Pennsylvania. He was the son of Margaret and Ezra Vandivort
*[[Stanley Irving Vaughn]] (1886{{En dash}}1972). He was born on December 16, 1886, to Tillinghast Mowry Vaughn and Adell P. Case. He died on March 9, 1972, in [[Columbus, Ohio]]
*[[Victor Vernon]] (1883{{En dash}}1968)
*[[John Bayard Rogers Verplanck|J. B. R. Verplanck]] (1881{{En dash}}1955) of [[Beacon, New York|Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York]], aviator who flew in the 1913 [[Great Lakes Reliability Cruise]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Noel|first1=E. Percy|title=Aero and Hydro Great Lakes Reliability Cruise Entries to Date|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psw7AQAAMAAJ&q=Great+Lakes+Reliability+Cruise&pg=PA166-IA1|access-date=8 March 2017|agency=Aero and Hydro|issue=Volume VI No 9|date=May 31, 1913|page=166}}</ref>
*[[Logan Archbold Vilas]] (1891{{En dash}}1976), aka Jack Vilas
*[[Sydney Archibald Vincent]] (1894{{En dash}}1976). He was born on June 28, 1894, in [[Faribault, Minnesota]]. He resided in [[Tabb, Virginia]], in 1945 when he worked for [[Newport News Shipbuilding]].

===W===
*[[Henry Roy Waite]] (1884{{En dash}}1978)
*[[Henry W. Walden]] (1883{{En dash}}1964)
*[[L. L. Walker Sr.|Lesley Lewis Walker Sr.]] (1888{{En dash}}1960) of the L. L. Walker Company. He was born on October 2, 1888, and died on August 5, 1960. Buried in Houston, Texas at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. A pioneer aviator, automobile and speedboat racer who built and flew his own plane in 1910. Born in Willow Spings, Missour and died in Houston, Texas. His grave marker is inscibed with "Early Aviator - E.B. - Q.B. - O.X.5."
*[[Arthur P. Warner]] (1870{{En dash}}1957)
*[[Robert A. Warren]] (1882{{En dash}}1990). He was born in 1882 in [[Mattapoisett, Massachusetts]]. He died on February 8, 1990, in [[Jupiter, Florida]], at age 98.
*[[Waldo Deane Waterman]] (1894{{En dash}}1976)
*[[Hugh Watson (aviator)|Hugh Watson]] (1894{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Clifford Lawrence Webster]] (1891{{En dash}}1980). He was born on May 14, 1891, in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]]. He died on [[Christmas Eve]], December 24, 1980, in [[Palm Beach, Florida]].
*[[Harry J. Webster]] (1886{{En dash}}1963) of [[Duluth, Minnesota]].
*[[Elling Oliver Weeks]] (1889{{En dash}}1956)
*[[Howard Franklin Wehrle]] (1890{{En dash}}1964)<!--http://earlyaviators.com/ewehrle.htm-->
*[[Charles F. West (aviator)|Charles F. West]] (1899{{En dash}}1972).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/ewest.htm |title=Charles F. West |quote=Charles F. West, North Pacific Area Chairman, died July 14, 1972, after a brief stay in the hospital just after returning from an eastern trip. ... |publisher=Early Aviators }}</ref>
*[[John Weston (aviator)]] aka Maximilian John Ludwick Weston (1872-1950). Pioneer African aviator.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnwestonaviator.co.uk |title= John Weston, 1872-1950 |website=www.johnwestonaviator.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[Ivan Pangburn Wheaton Sr.]] (1894{{En dash}}1975). He was born on August 15, 1894. He died on June 20, 1975.<!--http://ivanpwheaton.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html--><!--http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/biowheat.htm-->
*[[Ray Wheeler (aviator)]]
*[[Bernard Leonard Whelan]] (1890{{En dash}}1983). He was born in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], on November 19, 1890. Later his family moved to [[Dayton, Ohio]], where he attended the [[University of Dayton]]. He then worked in the sales department of [[National Cash Register]]. He died on March 27, 1983, in [[Palm Beach, Florida]].
*[[John Taylor Hammond Whitaker]] (1896{{En dash}}1959). He was born on March 6, 1896, in [[Somerset, Ohio]]. He died on October 19, 1959, in [[Palo Alto, California]] He was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
*[[George Clarke Whiting]] (1894{{En dash}}1981)
*[[Kenneth Whiting]] (1881{{En dash}}1943)
*[[Kirby Lewis Whitsett]] (1896{{En dash}}1959)<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=127165907-->
*[[Charles D. Wiggin (aviator)|Charles D. Wiggin]] (?{{En dash}}1964)
*[[Charles Livingston Wiggin]] (?{{En dash}}?)
*[[Paul E. Wilbur]] (?{{En dash}}1979)
*[[Horace Bird Wild]] (1879{{En dash}}1940)
*[[Francis Alexes Wildman]] (1882{{En dash}}1956). sometimes spelled Francis Alexis Wildman. He was born on November 4, 1882 in New York. He died on August 13, 1956, in [[San Diego, California]].
*[[Charles F. Willard]] (1883{{En dash}}1977). He was the first [[barnstorming|barnstormer]], as well as the chief engineer for [[Glenn L. Martin]] and designed [[flying boat]]s with [[Glenn Curtiss]].
*[[William P. Willets]] (1890{{En dash}}1964). He was born in [[Skaneateles, New York]], on May 13, 1890.
*[[Texas Aero Corporation|George W. Williams Jr.]] (?{{En dash}}1931) of [[Temple, Texas]].
*[[Harold Buckley Willis]] (1890{{En dash}}1962)
*[[Hugh De Laussat Willoughby]] (1856{{En dash}}1939)
*[[Frederick Joseph Wiseman]] (1875{{En dash}}1961)
*[[Charles Christian Witmer]] (1882{{En dash}}1929)
*[[Wittemann brothers|Charles Rudolph Wittemann]] (1884{{En dash}}1967). He was born on September 15, 1884. He died on July 8, 1967, at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in [[Neptune City, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Charles R. Wittemann, 82, Dies. Pioneer Aeronautical Engineer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/09/archives/charles-r-wittemann-82-dies-pioneer-aeronautical-engineer.html |quote=[[Neptune Township, New Jersey|Neptune, New Jersey]], July 8, 1967. Charles R. Wittemann, a flier and pioneer aeronautical engineer, died today at the Jersey Shore Medical Center. He was 82 years old and lived on Paynters Road in Farmingdale. ...|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 9, 1967 }}</ref>
*[[Clyde Murvin Wood]] (1887{{En dash}}1967)
*[[Frank Wilbur Wright]] (1886{{En dash}}1950) <!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115588033-->
*[[Orville Wright]] (honorary member)
*[[Roderick Marion Wright]] (1887{{En dash}}1960). Roderick M. Wright was born March 24, 1887 to Lodena and James Marion Wright. He died on October 13, 1960. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.<!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32129750-->
*[[Wilbur Wright]] (honorary member)
*[[James Meinrad Wulpi]] (1889{{En dash}}1986)
*[[Charles D. Wyman]] (?{{En dash}}1955)
*[[Forrest Egan Wysong]] (1894{{En dash}}1992)

===Y ===
*[[George Elam Yeager]] (1878{{En dash}}1953)<!--http://earlyaviators.com/eyeager.htm-->
*[[David H. Young]] (1894-1978)
*[[Edward H. Young]] (?{{En dash}}1948)

===Z===
*Second Lieutenant [[Errol Henry Zistel]] (1895{{En dash}}1968)

♀ <small>denotes a female aviator''</small><br/>
✝ <small>denotes died in an aviation accident.</small>


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39 aviators who died between 1908 and 1912
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1936 signatures of Early Birds in recognition of the contribution of Earl Ovington to the First Regular Air Mail service, formally presented to his wife after his death.

The Early Birds of Aviation is an organization devoted to the history of early pilots. The organization was started in 1928 and accepted a membership of 598 pioneering aviators.[1]

Membership was limited to those who piloted a glider, gas balloon, or airplane, prior to December 17, 1916, covering the entirety of the pioneer era of aviation, and just over two years into World War I. The cutoff date was set at December 17 to correspond to the first flights of Wilbur and Orville Wright. 1916 was chosen as a cutoff because a large number of people were trained in 1917 as pilots for World War I.[2] Twelve of the aviators were women.

The original organization dissolved once the last living member had died. This occurred with the death of 99-year-old George D. Grundy Jr. on May 19, 1998.[1] The organization was restarted and is devoted to collecting and publishing biographies on those who met the 1916 deadline. There were many pilots who soloed before the 1916 deadline who never applied to the club to be members. Some have been made honorary members.

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  1. ^ a b Robert McG. Thomas Jr. (May 22, 1998). "George D. Grundy Jr., 99, Last of Pioneers in Aviation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-28. George D. Grundy Jr., the last of the world's first fliers, died on Tuesday at a nursing home in Leesburg, Fla. He was 99 and had been the sole surviving member of the Early Birds, an international organization of aviation pioneers.
  2. ^ "The Men and Women Who Taught World To Fly Were a Dedicated Crew". The New York Times. October 11, 1953. Retrieved 2012-08-27. "Early Birds" is an organization whose membership requirement is that the applicant must have flown in either an airship or an airplane during the first thirteen years of aviation. between 1903 and 1916. ...
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