Harold D. Kantner
Harold Dewolf Kantner | |
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| Born | 23 February 1886 |
| Died | 11 December 1973 |
| Spouse | Mildred McCoy |
| Children | Richard D Kantner |
Harold Dewolf Kantner (February 23, 1886 – December 11, 1973) was a pioneer aviator.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born on February 23, 1886, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He attended the John Bevins Moisant aviation school and was taught to fly by Andre Haupert. Kantner and Etienne Dormoy built a Bleriot monoplane with a 50 horsepower Gnome et Rhône engine in which Kantner soloed on June 30, 1911, and was given Fédération Aéronautique Internationale certificate number 65 on October 14, 1911, in Mineola, New York.[2] He was instructor at the Yale group in Buffalo, New York. After World War I he worked as designer and test pilot for Continental motors, Aeromarine, Fairchild and Convair. He retired from Convair in 1961. He died on December 11, 1973.
References
[edit]- ^ "Harold D. Kantner". Early Aviators. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "New Air Pilot Gets a License". New York Times. October 15, 1911. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
Harold Kantner of Meadville, Penn., obtained his pilot's license this afternoon from the aero representatives, flying in a fifty horse power Moisant monoplane. Darkness, shutting down upon Mortimer Bates of Manhattan, who went up afterward in a machine of the same type, thirty-five horse power, prevented his getting a license to-day.
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