| Harold Dewolf Kantner | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
February 23, 1886 Meadville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 11, 1973 (aged 87) |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred McCoy |
| Children | Richard D Kantner |
Kantner and Albert Gleaves circa 1910-1913
Harold Dewolf Kantner (February 23, 1886 – December 11, 1973) was a pioneer aviator.[1]
Biography[]
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 built a Bleriot monoplane with a 50 horsepower Gnome engine in which he 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.
External links[]
- Kantner at Flickr Commons via San Diego Air and Space Museum
References[]
- ↑ "Harold D. Kantner". Early Aviators. http://earlyaviators.com/ekantner.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ↑ "New Air Pilot Gets a License". New York Times. October 15, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980DE5D91539E632A25756C1A9669D946096D6CF. 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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