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Frank McGill, Geo. Hodgson, Frank Burnside, Philip Fisher, Hugh Veck [i.e. Peck] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Frank Herbert Burnside (1888-1935): earlyaviators.com/eburnsid.htm

• TVL1970 said:

  Though the caption on the slide says "Veck," the British aviation journal Flight, using this very photo (in better shape), identifies this aviator as Hugh Peck, with a "P." See: www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1915/1915%20-%200635... Also, read here of the third reunion of most of these and other Canadian ex-Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) aviators at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal on December 10, 1922 (once more, Hugh Peck is among those listed as attending): www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1922/1922%20-%200059... See also: Frank McGill en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McGill George Hodgson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hodgson

• Arden said:

  pennylrichardsca and TVL 1970: Thanks for the information on these aviators and for the correction in Hugh Peck' s name. We will update the description.

• swanq said:

  The journal cited by TVL1970 is now only available by subscription. See www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/digital-issues-...
  
  Page 668 of Flying, Volume 4, September 1915
  www.google.com/books/edition/Flying/st1LAAAAYAAJ?gbpv=1&a...
  shows that the four men other than Frank Burnside were awarded pilot certificates for a hydro-aeroplane.
  
  Frank Burnside was chief test pilot for Thomas Brothers, according to
  www.mccarran.com/NVAHOF/BiosTouchScreen/Burnside
  See also www.earlyaviators.com/eburnsid.htm and

• Ryan (LOC PP) said:

  @swanq Thanks for adding new links to info now that the other has a paywall.

Aerial view of Sydney and the Harbour Bridge on the day of the official opening celebrations of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March, 1932

from National Library of Australia

• Ann Wuyts said:

  Absolutely fabulous collection! Thank you for joining the Commons.

• No Negs said:

  Genuine time travel. It's great.

AMERICA with third engine (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Wystan said:

  The earlier version of "America" had only two engines: