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James & Ezra Allen

RIAHOF — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:22:56 +0000

Barrington natives James Allen (1824-1897) and his younger brother Ezra Allen (1840 - 1902) distinguished themselves through a lifelong commitment to aeronautics in the 19th century.

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LCDR Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, USN

RIAHOF — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:33:16 +0000

LCDR Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, USN, Aviation Pioneer (1889 – 1922) Providence-born Chevalier graduated from the Naval Academy in 1910. On July 12, 1916, he was launched from the first catapult designed for shipboard use, aboard USS North Carolina. In 1917 Chevalier was assigned to duty in Europe. He commanded the US Naval Aeronautic Station in […]

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Robert L. Crandall

RIAHOF — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:11:00 +0000

Robert Crandall is a native of Westerly, University of RI grad and long-time Chairman of American Airlines.

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Edson Fessenden Gallaudet

RIAHOF — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:27:13 +0000

Edson Fessenden Gallaudet (1871-1945), Aviation Pioneer/Aircraft Manufacturer In 1898, four years before the Wright Brothers, he constructed and flew a glider, now in the Smithsonian, which embodied the principle of the warping wing. In 1911 he learned to fly at the Wright school, earning US pilot’s license #32 and a similarly low number in France. […]

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Major John Trevor Godfrey, USAAF

RIAHOF — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:36:30 +0000

Major John Trevor Godfrey, USAAF (1922 – 1958), World War II Fighter Pilot Born in Canada, Major Godfrey moved to Woonsocket as a young boy. He was Woonsocket High School’s 1940 class president and a football star. He joined the RCAF in 1941 to avenge the death of his brother, and trained in Spitfires with […]

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John F. “Jack” McGee

RIAHOF — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:30:38 +0000

John F. “Jack” McGee (1885 -1918), an aviation pioneer, was born in 1885 in Central Falls, but spent most of his life in Pawtucket. He made his first solo flight in August 1912, and by the end of the year had made a name for himself as an exhibition stunt pilot. Crowds as large as 50,000 […]

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