Duane Cole

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Duane Cole
Born	Toulan Township, Illinois
Nationality	American
Known for	Aerobatics
Home town	Burleson, Texas
Spouse(s)	Judy
Children	Rolly
Relatives	Marion Cole - Aerobatic pilot brother.

Duane Cole (1915–2004) was an American Aerobatic pilot.^[1]

Early life

Duane earned his private license in 1938, followed by his commercial in 1939 and instructor in 1940.

Cole performed in his first airshow in 1940, followed by training cadets in the Civilian Pilot Training Program throughout WWII.

Cole performed from 1947-1957 as part of the Cole Brothers Airshows along with his brothers Arnold, Lester and Marion Cole, who remained in the business for many years flying a clipped wing Taylorcraft.^[2]

In 1971 Duane and his wife Judy established the Duane and Judy Cole award to individuals that promote sport aviation with the first award given to Paul Poberezny.^[3] In 1974 Cole won the Aviation /Spacewriters award for best book "The Flying Coles".^[4]

Duane Cole Taylorcraft BF-50

Coles Taylorcraft BF-50 resides in the EAA AirVenture Museum.^[5]

References

↑ "Art of Aerobatics". Flying: 41. December 1961.
↑ "On Top". Flying: 93. July 1976.
↑ Air Progress: 16. December 1971.
↑ Flying: 70. November 1975.
↑ "Taylorcraft Cole BF-50". Retrieved 3 January 2014.

Conquest of Lines and Symetry by Duane Cole 1971
The Flying Coles - By Duane Cole 1974
Roll Around a Point - By Daune Cole 1976
Happy Flying Safely - By Daune Cole 1977

v t e Aerobatics

Aircraft	List of aerobatic aircraft

Competitions	European Gliding Championships FAI European Aerobatic Championships FAI World Aerobatic Championships FAI World Grand Prix Red Bull Air Race World Championship World Gliding Championships

Maneuvers	Loop (Inside & Outside) Aileron roll Barrel roll Cuban Eight Falling Leaf Hesitation roll Immelmann turn Kulbit Lomcevak Pugachev's Cobra Slip Spin Split S Stall Turn/Hammerhead Tailslide The Scissors Whifferdill turn Zurabatic Cartwheel

Organizations	British Aerobatic Association Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog) International Aerobatic Club International Miniature Aerobatic Club

Pilots	Cecilia R. Aragon Hannes Arch Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad Lincoln J. Beachey Péter Besenyei Ladislav Bezák Marta Bohn-Meyer Paul Bonhomme Pip Borrman Kirby Chambliss Julie Clark Marion Cole Vicki Cruse Mario de Bernardi Glen Dell Matthias Dolderer Wilhelm Düerkop Walter Extra Markus Feyerabend Gerhard Fieseler Jozef Gabris Michael Goulian Matt Hall Wayne Handley Ray Hanna Charlie Hillard Bob Hoover Bevo Howard Petr Jirmus Steve Jones Jurgis Kairys Georgij Kaminski Svetlana Kapanina Sándor Katona Charlie Kulp Anatoly Kvochur Nigel Lamb Jim LeRoy Leo Loudenslager Nancy Lynn Alejandro Maclean Pete McLeod Jerzy Makula Stanisław Makula Mikhail Mamistov Mike Mangold Scott Manning Catherine Maunoury Neil Williams Pyotr Nesterov Alexandr Panfierov Ivy May Pearce Adolphe Pégoud František Peřina Tom Poberezny Maciej Pospieszyński Sergey Rakhmanin Amelia Reid Olaf Schmidt Art Scholl Klaus Schrodt Betty Skelton Erde Skip Stewart Martin Šonka Gene Soucy Chris Sperou Victor Tchmal Reinhold Tiling Ferenc Tóth Sean D. Tucker Nick Turvey Ernst Udet Gabor Varga Frank Versteegh Patty Wagstaff Kermit Weeks Walter Wolfrum Janusz Żurakowski

Other	3D Radio control Virtual Festival of Aerobatic Teams

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Name	Duane Cole
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Date of birth	1915
Place of birth	Toulan Township, Illinois
Date of death	3 February 2004
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