Английская Википедия:Glenn Messer
Шаблон:Short description Glenn Edmund Messer (July 12, 1895 – June 13, 1995) was an American aviation pioneer, responsible for major advances in the use and modification of existing aircraft and in the design and construction of aircraft and aircraft instruments.
Biography
He was born in Henry County, Iowa, on July 12, 1895.[1][2]
He began his flying career by taking lessons on a Wright biplane from aviator George Gustafson in Bay City, Michigan. He and fellow pilot Jack Turner completed a successful demonstration U. S. Air Mail flight from Birmingham's Roberts Field to Marr Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 24, 1925, under a temporary commission. Messer recreated that flight on its 50th anniversary in 1975.[3]
Messer operated Birmingham Municipal Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, with Edward Stinson. He later operated Messer Field. In 1927 he started the Southern Aircraft Corporation which designed and built the Air Boss. He later started The Glenn E. Messer Company of Birmingham.
He died on June 13, 1995, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Legacy
The highway from 5th Avenue North in downtown Birmingham to the airport was named the Glenn E. Messer Airport Highway in his honor.Шаблон:Citation needed In 1991 he was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.[4]
Timeline
- 1911 - takes first flying lessons
- 1917 - joins the Aviation Section of Signal Corps
- 1919 - flyer on new airmail route from Washington, D.C. to New York, NY
- 1920 - starts Messer Flying Circus (Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie soon joins)
- 1922 - starts Birmingham Aero Club to sell airplanes
- 1925 - organizes company to sell Dim-A-Lite products
- 1927 - starts Southern Aircraft Corporation (Messer Aeronautical Industries Inc.)
- 1932 - starts The Glenn E. Messer Company
- 1965 - The Glenn E. Messer Company, Inc. begins instrument repair operation in Woodlawn
- 1976 - forms Southern Museum of Flight Foundation
References
- ↑ He used the year 1894 for his World War I draft. The Social Security Death Index uses the year 1895.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Crane, Barbara (March 24, 1975) "Pilot to relive historic mail flight." Birmingham Post-Herald
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
Further reading
- Morehouse, Harold E. (July 1995) "Glenn E. Messer: Pioneer Mid-West Aviator." Early Bird's CHIRP. No. 96
- Wilson, George Tipton. "The Flying Omlies." Aviation History Magazine.
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