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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 ]
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]
It was founded in October 1909 to produce an aircraft, initially with $1,200 in funding, followed by an additional $2,500. [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.
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]
William Whitney Christmas claimed to have first flown his aircraft on various dates from September 1907 to March 1908 near Fairfax, Virginia. The first two successful pilots were, of course, the famous Wright brothers, but it seems unlikely that it will ever be firmly established whether Christmas or Baldwin was the so-called "Third Man." [3]
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Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty. Prince William, Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment, visits the Regiment for a Christmas event for families at Picton Barracks on Dec ...