harryatwood

In 1911, Harry Nelson Atwood (1883-1967) landed a plane on the White House lawn to accept an award from President William Howard Taft.

www.earlyaviators.com/eatwood.htm

"Harry N. Atwood on His Record Breaking Trip from St. Louis to New York, 1265 miles, August 14 to 25, 1911" – From postcard – Aerofiles "By 1911, Harry Atwood, a student of the Wright brothers, had become one of America's most celebrated aviators. He stunned New Yorkers with his daredevil flight among Manhattan's skyscrapers and thrilled the country when he landed his biplane on the South Lawn of the White House. His 1911 record-setting distance flights from Boston to Washington and from St. Louis to New York brought international fame." – OhioLINK

Sounds like someone I would have liked to know..

I have a photo of my grandfather standing near Atwood's biplane at Euclid Beach ,OH taken August 1911. Contact me if interested.

Another Bain/LOC photo of Leo Stevens:

I added Stevens to Wikipedia last time and Atwood just today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Leo_Stevens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nelson_Atwood

This is a photo from the 1911 International Aviation Meet held at the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome near Garden City, Long Island. A veritable "who's who" of early aviators attended and flew at the event, see: www.collectair.com/moisantindex.html "Miss Moisant, Miss Quimby and Mlle. Dutrieu participated in the Nassau Boulevard meet in 1911, along with Lieut. H.H. Arnold, Liet. T. DeW. Milling, T.O.M. Sopwith, Earle Ovington, C.G. White, Eugene Ely, Lieut. Paul W. Beck, George Beatty, Lieut. T.G. Ellyson of Navy, Lee Hammond, H.N. Atwood, H.W. Walden, George Dyott, and J.A.D. McCurdy (Aeronautics, Sept., Oct., 1910; Jan., 1911; Oct., 1911)." The Library of Congress features a number of photos from the same event at their Flickr Commons photostream, here are a couple: