Harold D. Kantner

Harold Dewolf Kantner
Born 23 February 1886
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Died 11 December 1973
Spouse Mildred McCoy
Children Richard D Kantner

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

Biography

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 built a Bleriot monoplane with a 50 horsepower Gnome engine in which he 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.

External Links

Kantner in a Beleriot

References

  1. ^ "Harold D. Kantner". Early Aviators. http://earlyaviators.com/ekantner.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 
  2. ^ "New Air Pilot Gets a License". New York Times. October 15, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980DE5D91539E632A25756C1A9669D946096D6CF. 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."