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Robert McCawley Short (October 4, 1904 in Steilacoom, Washington - February 22, 1932, in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China) was an American aviator, United States Army Air Forces pilot, and Republic of China Air Force Academy instructor.
Robert Short (East India Company officer) (1783–1859), British officer in the Honourable East India Company; Robert L. Short (1932–2009), American clergyman and writer; Robert McCawley Short (1904–1932), American aviator; Robert Quirk Short (1759–1827), Church of England clergyman; Robert V. Short (1823–1908), American politician in ...
Toshio Kuroiwa (黒岩 利雄, Kuroiwa Toshio, born December 25, 1908 – disappeared August 26, 1944) was a warrant officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the January 28 Incident and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Japanese pilot training program was very selective and rigorous, producing a high-quality and long-serving pilot corps, who were very successful in the air during the early part of World War II in the Pacific. However, the long duration of the training program, combined with a shortage of gasoline for training, did not allow the IJN to ...
The potential investigation into the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is mentioned in a letter dated Dec. 2, which was sent to Florida’s chief inspector general by former FDLE pilot Robert ...
In Oct. 1910, publisher William Randolph Hearst announced a $50,000 prize for a U.S. transcontinental flight in thirty days or less.
Pilot Aircraft Comments Reference 15:08:00 April 6, 1966 Culver City, California, US to Ormond Beach, Florida (2,213.04 mi) Robert G. Ferry Hughes YOH-6A: As a nonstop non-refueled trip this flight also holds the record for the longest distance flown in a helicopter without landing. FAI category: "Great circle distance, without landing". [82]
Robert Anderson Hoover (January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016) was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.. Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France.