Alan R. Hawley
Alan Ramsay Hawley (July 29, 1864 – February 16, 1938) was one of the early aviators in the United States. In 1910 he won the with his balloon America II. He was the first passenger to fly in an airplane from New York to Washington, D.C. in May of 1916. He was the president of the Aero Club of America from 1913 to 1918.
Famous quotes containing the word alan:
“Cole Thornton: Just a minute, son.
Mississippi: I am not your son. My name is Alan Bourdillon Traherne.
Cole: Lord almighty.
Mississippi: Yeah, well, that’s why most people call me Mississippi. I was born on the river in a flatboat.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)