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Harry Bingham Brown (1883-1954), aviator, see Early Aviators. That site has the same photo. Edit: A NY Times article for 6 November 1912 discusses an aviation meet in New York, where Brown set a record. Another New York meet with Brown is mentioned in this article from 3 October 1913.

We'll add his middle name to the source data and reload the description.

I added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bingham_Brown

Harold H. Brown Aero Club of America Pilot # 58 September 7, 1911 Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome, Garden City, Long Island , New York . He was a pupil of the Wright school at Nassau Boulevard. Brown, prior to his arrival back in US, had obtained Royal Aero Club Pilot # 109 August 1, 1911 Farman biplane Brooklands

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.

This is probably in late 1911. See www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?... This is probably in late 1911. "On 10 October the school conducted the first military trials of a bombsight and dropping device which had been invented by Riley E. Scott, a former coast artillery officer. The tests took place at College Park in an Army Wright B plane flown by Milling; Scott, lying prone on the lower wing, operated the bombing device, which was placed directly in front of the wing." Not long after, Scott won a $5,000 Michelin prize in a bomb-dropping competition in Paris.

Thanks for the information. Will submit for review and possible addition to the catalog record.