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BOOKS ON AVIATION & HUMAN FLIGHT
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Vernon & Irene Castle
fl. early 20th century
Vernon Castle (1887-1918), half of the popular Vernon & Irene Castle ballroom dance team, died of injuries suffered in a plane crash while serving as a flight instructor during WWI.
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Sir George Cayley
b. 12-27-1773; England
d. 12-15-1857; England
Sir George Cayley, described as the “father of Aerodynamics”, is best known for his “flying machines” which included gliders and small scale helicopters.
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Clyde Vernon Cessna
b. 12-5-1879; Hawthorne, Iowa
d. 11-20-1954; Kansas
Clyde Cessna was an aircraft designer, aviator, and founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation.
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Eugene Cernan
b. 3-14-1934; Chicago, IL
Astronaut Eugene Cernan has been into space three times: as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan is the eleventh person to walk on the Moon, and, as the last person to enter the lunar module, the “last man on the moon.”
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Roger Chaffee
b. 2-15-1935; Grand Rapids, MI
d. 1-27-1967; Cape Kennedy, FL
US Navy Commander Roger Chaffee was an astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee died with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission.
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Octave Chanute
b. 2-18-1832; Paris, France
d. 11-23-1910; Chicago
Octave Chanute, both an engineer and pioneer in aviation, was consulted by the Wright brothers early in their aviation endeavors because of his willingness to share his thoughts and latest development. Chanute's openess caused a rift with the Wrights when they wanted to protect their work with secrecy.
Chanute designed and built the stockyards in Chicago and Kansas City, and Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge, the first bridge across the Missouri River (1869) which made KC a transportation hub. We can also thank Chanute for developing the use of creosote derived from coal tar in railroad ties and telephone poles for the purpose of preservation from decay, with the unintented consequences of health problems. |
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Claire Chennault
b. 9-6-1893; Texas (raised in Louisiana)
d. 7-27-1958; New Orleans (lung cancer)
Military aviator Claire Chennault advocated “pursuit” / fight-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the U.S. Army Air Corps focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment.
After Chennault retired from the USAAC in 1937, he went became an aviation trainer and adviser in China, commanding the “Flying Tigers” during World War II.
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