Frank H. Ellis

Frank H. Ellis, OC (1896 – July 4, 1979) was an early Canadian aviator and member of the Early Birds of Aviation. He was born in Nottingham, England in 1896 and immigrated to Calgary, Alberta with his family in 1912. With Tom Blakely, he constructed and flew a biplane designed after a Curtiss model in 1914.[1] He was the first Canadian to make a parachute jump from an airplane in Canada, in 1919.[2] Ellis wrote extensively on the history of aviation, and was an avid aircraft model builder. He located several historic Canadian aviation artifacts and arranged for their donation to museums. In 1954 he published "Canada's Flying Heritage", the first major study of the History of aviation in Canada. In 1972, he was awarded the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada.[3] He died July 4, 1979 in North Vancouver, BC.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Frank H. Ellis, retrieved 18 Sept 2011
  2. ↑ Peter Pigott Flying Canucks: famous Canadian aviators,Dundurn Press Ltd., 1994, ISBN 0-88882-175-1 pp. 51-55
  3. ↑ Frank Ellis, retrieved 21 Sept 2011
  4. ↑ Memorable Manitobans retrieved 18 Sept 2011


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