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William Whitney Christmas, M.D. (September 1, 1865 – April 14, 1960) was a physician, failed aircraft designer, and supposed con man. He was one of many claimants for an early design of the aileron . [ 1 ]
[1] [2] Its founder Dr. William Whitney Christmas had claimed to build and fly his first aircraft, the "Red Bird I" in 1908 becoming the second person to fly an aircraft after the Wright Brothers. The Christmas aeroplane company built its first aircraft, the "Red Bird II" at College Park Maryland with a claimed flight on 15 October 1911. The ...
Dr. William Whitney Christmas [3] (1865–1960), [4] who had no experience in aircraft design or aeronautical work, claimed to have built an aircraft of his own design in 1908 that was lost in a crash. [5]
As it does every year, NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, tracked Santa on his trip around the world on Christmas Eve so children and families could see where he was.
(1910: (Dr William Whitney) Christmas Aeroplane Co, Washington, DC, c.1912: Durham Christmas Aeroplane Sales & Exhibition Co. 1918: Cantilever Aero Co, Copiague, NY) Christmas 1912 pusher biplane [1] Christmas 1913 tractor biplane [1] Christmas 1915 biplane [1] Christmas Aerial Express [1] Christmas Bullet; Christmas Red Bird 1909 biplane [1]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing for its traditional tracking of Santa Claus' sleigh on Christmas Eve.. NORAD has tracked the Dec. 24 flight since 1955, when a child ...
It paid off during a recent flight delay in Atlanta when Hoey got his sax out and began playing Christmas tunes for his fellow airplane passengers. A flight was delayed in Atlanta for over an hour.
Early Birds of Aviation is an organization that tracks people who solo piloted an aircraft before 1916. That year was chosen as the cutoff, because after 1916 the US Army started training large numbers of flyers for World War I.