Before Amelia (50 page)

Curtiss Exhibition Company,
133
,
134

Curtiss Flyleaf,
198

Czar Nicholas I Institute for Girls,
90

Daedalians,
248

Daily Mail,
27
,
110

Daily Mirror,
159

Dallas International Aviation Meet,
175

Dallas Morning News,
175
,
177

Damedoz, Carmen,
54

D'Annunzio,
172

Davidson, Henry.
See
French, Sir John

Davies, Miss Eleanor Trehawke,
128
,
129
,
159

Davis, Madeline,
223

Davis, Samuel,
213

Deering, Ashby,
30

Degterva, Nadeshda,
99
–100

Delagrange, Léon,
9
,
10
,
15
,
99

Delano,
252

Delongs Celery Farm,
228

Demoiselle aeroplane,
23

DeMott, Sheriff Charles,
29
,
170

Department of Commerce,
275

Deperdussin aeroplane,
41
,
50
,
172
,
235

Deroche, élise.
See
Laroche, Raymonde de

Deryck, Béatrice,
51

De Trouse, Mme. Cozette.
See
Beachey, Lincoln

Deutsch, Henri de la Meurthe,
44

Deutschland,
60

Diaz, President Porfirio,
156

Dindineau, Mlle.,
50

Dodd, Capt. Townsend,
243

Doherty, Henry,
216

Dolgorukya, Sophie A.,
99

Doolittle, Lt. James,
246

D'Orcy, Baron Ladilas,
145
,
151
,
168

Dorival, Mme.,
50

Dorner, Hermann,
59
,
60
,
67
,
79
,
80

Dramatic Review,
146

Driancourt, Marie–Louise Martin,
51

Dublin Flying Club,
127

Dubrow, Louis,
169

Dubuc, Marcel,
239

Duchange, Mme.,
52

Ducrocq, Maurice,
110
,
111

Denetz, Elia,
94

Dutrieu, Florent,
21

Dutrieu, Hélène,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
14
,
15
,
42
,
49
,
72
,
119
,
154
,
245
; American visit to promote aid,
33
; birth and background,
21
–22; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
32
; cycling honors,
22
; death of,
34
; debut at Blankenberge,
26
–27; English appearances,
27
; flies for Sommer,
23
–24; honors,
31
–32; “the human arrow,”
22
; later activities,
34
; Le Mans mishap,
28
; Nassau Boulevard Meet,
29
–31; receives French license,
27
–28; signs with Farmans,
24
–26; tests the Demoiselle,
22
–23; tests a hydroplane,
32
; war work,
33
; on women in aviation,
30
–31; wins Copue Fémina,
28
,
31

Dyott, George,
155
,
156
,
172

Earhart, Amelia,
43
,
245
–46,
256
,
275

Early Bird Society,
138
,
246
,
247
,
262
,
263

East Texas Fair,
245

Edward, Prince of Wales,
265

Edwards, Sgt. E.W.,
241

Efimoff, Michel,
95
,
106

Egnell, Allen,
57

Eisenhower, President Dwight D.,
200

El Imparcial,
171

Ely, Eugene,
134
,
183

Engelhard, Paul,
61
,
72
,
73
–74

Etrich, Tgo,
77

Etrich Taube,
88

Excel Motion Picture Company,
233

Eye, Inez,
260

Fairbanks, Douglas Sr.,
196

Fanciulli, Jerome,
133

Farman aeroplane,
20
,
26
,
29
,
30
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
95
,
99
,
104
,
108
,
111
,
119
,
127
,
171
,
271

Farman, Dick,
24
,
31

Farman, Henry,
3
,
10
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
28
,
31
,
34
,
105
,
126

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
276

Féderation Aéronautique Internationale,
14
,
151
,
181
,
253

Ferrario, Rosina,
88
–89

Ferris, Florence,
137

Feuillère, Edwige,
54

“Fiancée of Danger,”
43

Fileux, Albert,
166

Finch, Captain,
267

Findley Republican,
168

First Aero Squadron,
234

Fish, Farnum T.,
160
,
250

Flight,
113
–116,
124
,
126
,
142
,
184
,
249
,
271

Flugsport,
71
,
94

Flying,
216
,
273
–74

Flying Services Fund,
121

Flying Sylvesters,
261

Fokker aeroplane,
72
,
96
,
97

Fokker, Anthony,
3
,
74
,
96

Forsell, John,
57

Foulois, Capt. Benjamin,
234

Francaise Americane Aeroplane Cie,
143

Frank, Mathilde (Edwardson),
50

Freeman, Arch,
203

French, Sir John,
110

French National Aerial League,
15

French Red Cross,
33

Friant, Émile,
42

Frisbie, John,
175

Frost, John,
240

Garber, Paul,
269

Garnier, Colonel Emile,
38

Gates, Eleanor,
216

Gaudron, A. E.,
138

Gavin, Mrs.,
128

Genesee Normal School,
251

George, Duke of York,
265

Georgi, Hanns,
81

German Aero Club,
69

Gille, Georges,
42

Gilmour, Douglas,
129

Gittens, Justice of the Peace,
170

Glenn L. Martin Aviation School,
262

Goana, Rodolfo,
172

Golanchikova, Lyubov (Luba),
2
,
3
,
72
,
95
–98

Goldschmidt, Mme. Gustave,
51

Good Housekeeping,
152
–53,
159

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
258

Gorman, Joseph,
235
–36,
239
–40

Gorrissen, Ellery von,
65

Grade Aeroplane,
59
,
60
,
87

Grade, Hans,
59
,
60
,
85
,
86
,
87
,
88

Grahame–White, Claude,
3
,
4
,
31
,
109
,
119
,
129
,
130
,
160
,
166
,
167
,
169
,
270
–71

Grahame–White Schools,
109
,
119
,
130
,
270

Grand Prix d'Egypte,
14

Grand Prix d'Europe,
22

Grand Prix of the Aero Club of Paris,
39

Grand Plaque of the Belgain Aero Club,
31
–32

Gray, Helen,
261

Gray, Hon. John de,
113

Great Western Aerial Circus,
137

Gregor, Michael,
95
,
96

Gregory, Admiral,
246

Gregory, Elizabeth Hiatt,
158
,
253
,
256

Grienberger, Hertha von.
See
Beese, Hertha

Gsell, Robert,
70

Guynemer, Lt. Georges,
218

Hackstetter, Karl,
92

Hamel, Gustav,
128
,
157
,
158

Hanriot aeroplane,
51
,
112
,
113
,
114

Hamilton, Charlie,
160

Hansa Flying Works,
88

Hanuschke, Bruno,
60
,
64
,
77
,
81

Hardy,
162

Harper, Harry,
5

Harris, Frank,
260

Harris, Helen Hodge,
257
,
260
–61

Hartman, Major and Mrs. Carl,
215

Harvard–Boston Aviation Meet,
160

Haugk, Else,
88

Hawley, Alan R.,
215

Heinrich, Crown Prince of Prussia,
75

Heinrich, Mary Sims,
260

Heliopolis air meet,
14

Henderson, Brigadier General David,
109

Henney, Major Franklin,
219

Herbert, Rev. George W.,
101
,
102

Herbert, Louisa,
101
,
102

Herbster, Maurice,
103
,
106
,
112

Herendeen, Belle J.,
132

Herveux, Jeanne,
14
,
15
,
28
,
31
,
42
,
47
–50,
119

Hewlette, Hilda,
1
,
2
,
3
,
5
,
7
,
120
,
121
,
123
,
271
; birth and background,
101
–02; Blackpool meet,
104
; the “Blue Bird,”
106
,
108
; Brooklands School,
108
–11; courtship and marriage,
102
–03; death,
119
; expansion at Leagrave,
115
–16; licensed pilot,
109
; life at chîlons,
105
–06; models built,
115
; Omnia Works,
112
–115; partnership with Blondeau,
104
,
112
; problems at Battersea,
112
–13; postwar activities,
117
; published views,
116
–17; varied interests,
118
–19; on women and aviation,
109
,
111
,
116
,
118
; years in New Zealand,
118
–19

Hewlett, Maurice Henry,
102
,
103

Hewlett, Sub–Lt. Frances E. T.,
110
,
116

Hewlett–Blondeau Flying School,
106
,
109
,
110
,
113
–14

Hildebrandt, Frau Hauptmann,
61

“Himmelstürmer”,
84
,
273

Hind, Miss,
103

Hintner, Cornelius,
69

Hirschauer, General,
53

Hirth, Hellmuth,
4
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
70
,
73

History of British Aviation,
128
–29

Holden, Henry,
159

Honeywell, Lt. H. E.,
180

Hoover Field,
269

Hornsby, Mrs. Richberg,
226
,
257
,
258

Houpert, André,
149
,
150
,
153
,
156
,
167
,
168
,
172
,
173
,
175
,
176

Hucks, B. C.,
128

Hulbert, Rep. Murray,
219

Hunaudières racecourse,
9

Ilner, Karl,
88

Imperial Moscow Aviation Association Flying School,
99

International Air Meet at Belmont,
148
,
154

International Wheat Show,
211

Inter–State Fair,
153

Iowa State Fair,
210

Irvine, Lily,
109
.
127
,
249
,
270
–72

Jannus, Tony,
180

Jatho, Karl,
59

Jervens, Walter,
84
,
273

Jerwan, Shakir S.,
162
,
252

Joachim, Prince of Prussia,
75

Johannisthal,
60
,
63
,
64
,
66
,
68
,
81
,
82
,
94

Jusserand, Ambassador Jules,
216

Kahnt, Oswald,
86

Kalep, Fjodor Georgievich,
91

Kantner, Harold,
175
,
254

Kauffman, George,
258

Kavanagh, Spencer,
129
–30

Kellermann, Annette,
36
,
37

Kennedy, C. MacKenzie,
96

Kensico Cemetery,
163

Kerensky, Alexander,
99
,
100

Kewpie Dolls,
232