hydroaeroplane

This is Hugh L. Willoughby's Pelican: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9500E6DF1131E233A...

undeadsinatra: Thanks for the information! It's confirmed and we'll update the description (8/8/08)

A number of individuals are casually researching Hugh deLaussat Willoughby with varying motivations. These include one who lives in Hugh's Newport RI house, another who is a local historian at Sewall's Point, FL where Hugh made his summer home, and myself, a cousin several times removed. Any of us would be pleased to assist you in confirming to your satisfaction that this is Hugh's Pelican. I believe the LOC and the SI have several collections with photos and notes on Hugh's work. I should add that there are more photos in the Newport Historical Society collection and at the Elliot Museum in Stuart, FL. I am local to DC if it helps, and can be reached at fullerton at comcast dot com.

This would be Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) the British naval aviation pioneer. You can read more about him here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rumney_Samson

LOC, there is a transcription error. This is Southsea, England, all one word.

Thank you Richard Arthur Norton and artolog. We'll add his full name to our record and correct the spelling of Southsea.

looks like same plane as

See: www.earlyaviators.com/ecoffyn.htm Also: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E0DB123BE633A...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Trenholm_Coffyn

See: www.earlyaviators.com/ecoffyn.htm Also: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E0DB123BE633A...