American aeronautical engineer, pioneer aviator and inventor. Ovington piloted the Post Office Department's first official airmail flight in the United States on Sept. 23, 1911. For an account of this flight, see:
Earle Ovington: Pilot of the First Official Airmail Flight in the United States
For information related to the Bleriot plane Ovington flew, see:
EAA Bleriot Gets Paint, Will Fly Soon
Ovington moved to Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1919. There he established the city's first airfield, an airstrip with a hangar, located near his home in the Samarkand area. Noted contemporary aviators Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle used the airstrip on visits to the area in the early days of aviation.
Ovington was the second of three sons born to Edward Judson Ovington, Jr. (1855-1910) and Mary Whitmore Barnes (1853-1910). He married Adelaide Curtis Alexander on Apr. 19, 1911, in Manhattan. They had two children: Earle Kester Ovington (1912-2006) and Audrey Ovington (1914-2005).
Earle Ovington: Pilot of the First Official Airmail Flight in the United States
For information related to the Bleriot plane Ovington flew, see:
EAA Bleriot Gets Paint, Will Fly Soon
Ovington moved to Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1919. There he established the city's first airfield, an airstrip with a hangar, located near his home in the Samarkand area. Noted contemporary aviators Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle used the airstrip on visits to the area in the early days of aviation.
Ovington was the second of three sons born to Edward Judson Ovington, Jr. (1855-1910) and Mary Whitmore Barnes (1853-1910). He married Adelaide Curtis Alexander on Apr. 19, 1911, in Manhattan. They had two children: Earle Kester Ovington (1912-2006) and Audrey Ovington (1914-2005).
American aeronautical engineer, pioneer aviator and inventor. Ovington piloted the Post Office Department's first official airmail flight in the United States on Sept. 23, 1911. For an account of this flight, see:
Earle Ovington: Pilot of the First Official Airmail Flight in the United States
For information related to the Bleriot plane Ovington flew, see:
EAA Bleriot Gets Paint, Will Fly Soon
Ovington moved to Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1919. There he established the city's first airfield, an airstrip with a hangar, located near his home in the Samarkand area. Noted contemporary aviators Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle used the airstrip on visits to the area in the early days of aviation.
Ovington was the second of three sons born to Edward Judson Ovington, Jr. (1855-1910) and Mary Whitmore Barnes (1853-1910). He married Adelaide Curtis Alexander on Apr. 19, 1911, in Manhattan. They had two children: Earle Kester Ovington (1912-2006) and Audrey Ovington (1914-2005).
Earle Ovington: Pilot of the First Official Airmail Flight in the United States
For information related to the Bleriot plane Ovington flew, see:
EAA Bleriot Gets Paint, Will Fly Soon
Ovington moved to Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1919. There he established the city's first airfield, an airstrip with a hangar, located near his home in the Samarkand area. Noted contemporary aviators Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle used the airstrip on visits to the area in the early days of aviation.
Ovington was the second of three sons born to Edward Judson Ovington, Jr. (1855-1910) and Mary Whitmore Barnes (1853-1910). He married Adelaide Curtis Alexander on Apr. 19, 1911, in Manhattan. They had two children: Earle Kester Ovington (1912-2006) and Audrey Ovington (1914-2005).
