About
Long-distance aviation pioneer who popularized flight in England.
Before Fame
He graduated from the Royal Flying Corps and went on to found the Havilland Airplane Manufacturing Company.
Trivia
He went on a whirlwind air tour of Europe in 1921, stopping in seventeen different cities over the course of three weeks.
Family Life
He grew up in London, England.
Associated With
He, like his American peer Wiley Post , wowed 20th-century audiences as a pilot in a flying circus.
