Test Pilot Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/test-pilot Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:39:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png Test Pilot Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/test-pilot 32 32 CAPT Adolphus W. Gorton, USN (Ret.) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/capt-adolphus-w-gorton-usn-ret Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:46:09 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1255 Captain Adolphus W. Gorton, US Navy (Ret), (1897-1989), was born January 29, 1897 in Pawtuxet, a direct descendant of the Gortons who founded the City of Warwick. He graduated from Moses Brown and entered Dartmouth in 1916, but left to join the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps in France. He sailed abroad on May 5, […]

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]]> Edward Albert Johnson https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/general-aviation/edward-albert-johnson Sat, 18 Nov 2017 22:04:11 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1262 Edward Albert Johnson (1885-1949) was born in Newport, RI in January of 1885. He developed an interest in aeronautics and spent May-October, 1915, at the Curtiss school in Buffalo. He first soloed in 1915 and received Pilot License No. 32. He joined the Curtiss Aeroplane Company and became its representative in England. After the US […]

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