Some of the ~early birds

Some of the early birds who learned to fly under the tutelage of the Wright brothers at the memorial for the pioneer flyers trained at Wright Brothers Field. 19 August 1940. From left: (first row) William Kabitzke, Chicago Orville Wright and Charles Wald, Freeport, LI, NY. Second row: Walter Brookins, Los Angeles R.M. Wright, Washington DC J.C. Henning, St Louis, MO Capt Kenneth Whiting, New York Bernard L. Whalen, Hartford, Conn Albert Elton, Youngstown, O and Robert G. Fowler, San Jose, California. Centre rear: George A. Gray, Chevy Chase, Md

Capt Chevy Conn Elton Flyers Fowler Freeport Hartford Henning Learned Orville Trained Wald Whalen Whiting Youngstown

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