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Harold D. Kantner

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Harold Dewolf Kantner
Born23 February 1886
Died11 December 1973
SpouseMildred McCoy
ChildrenRichard D Kantner
Kantner and Albert Gleaves circa 1910-1913

Harold Dewolf Kantner (February 23, 1886 – December 11, 1973) was a pioneer aviator.[1]

Biography

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He was born on February 23, 1886, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He attended the John Bevins Moisant aviation school and was taught to fly by Andre Haupert. Kantner and Etienne Dormoy built a Bleriot monoplane with a 50 horsepower Gnome et Rhône engine in which Kantner soloed on June 30, 1911, and was given Fédération Aéronautique Internationale certificate number 65 on October 14, 1911, in Mineola, New York.[2] He was instructor at the Yale group in Buffalo, New York. After World War I he worked as designer and test pilot for Continental motors, Aeromarine, Fairchild and Convair. He retired from Convair in 1961. He died on December 11, 1973.

References

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  1. ^ "Harold D. Kantner". Early Aviators. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  2. ^ "New Air Pilot Gets a License". New York Times. October 15, 1911. Retrieved 2009-09-22. Harold Kantner of Meadville, Penn., obtained his pilot's license this afternoon from the aero representatives, flying in a fifty horse power Moisant monoplane. Darkness, shutting down upon Mortimer Bates of Manhattan, who went up afterward in a machine of the same type, thirty-five horse power, prevented his getting a license to-day.
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