词条 | Earle Ovington |
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BiographyHe was born on December 20, 1879 in Illinois.[4][5] He married Adelaide in 1911 and they had two children: Earle Kester Ovington (1912–2006) and Audrey Ovington (1914-2005)[6][8] He built a house in the Samarkand area of Santa Barbara, California which included an airstrip. While this airstrip wasn't the ultimate site of the Santa Barbara Municipal Airfield, it did serve in that capacity until Ovington's death. He died on July 21, 1936.[7][8] He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.[9] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/america-by-air/online/early_years/early_years02.cfm|title=America by Air|publisher=}} 2. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=E. L. Ovington Dies. First Mail Pilot. Flew the Initial Consignment From Garden City Estates to Mineola, L. I., in 1911. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/07/23/archives/e-l-ovington-dies-first-mail-pilot-flew-the-initial-consgnment-from.html |quote=From Garden City Estates to Mineola, L. I., in 1911. Covered Ten-mile Route. Studied at Bleriot School at Pau, France. Owned Air Terminal at Santa [Barbara]|work=The New York Times |date=July 23, 1936 |accessdate=2008-12-23 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.airmailpioneers.org/history/milestone3.html |title=Earle Ovington |accessdate=2008-12-23 |quote=|publisher=Airmail Pioneers |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724085241/http://www.airmailpioneers.org/history/milestone3.html |archivedate=2009-07-24 |df= }} 4. ^1880 US Census 5. ^Passenger list traveling from Ensenada, Mexicoon 17 Jun 1931 to Los Angeles, California 6. ^1930 US Census 7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.earlyaviators.com/eovingto.htm |title=Earle Lewis Ovington |accessdate=2008-12-23 |quote= |publisher=Early Aviators }} 8. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ovington, First Air-Mail Pilot, Called By Death.|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/402135171.html?dids=402135171:402135171&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jul+22%2C+1936&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=OVINGTON%2C+FIRST+AIR-MAIL+PILOT%2C+CALLED+BY+DEATH&pqatl=google |quote=Earle L. Ovington, 56 years of age, pioneer aviator and first airmail pilot in America, died at 4 p.m. yesterday at the Good Samaritan Hospital. For seven weeks he had made a vain effort to cheat death as he had many times before in his eventful career as naval of-... |work=Los Angeles Times |date= July 22, 1936|accessdate=2008-12-23 }} 9. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=To Cast Ovington Ashes Into Sea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/07/24/archives/to-cast-ovington-ashes-into-seai.html |quote=His widow, Mrs. Adelaide Ovington, said she would take the ashes East at a future date in compliance with the pioneer aviator's request. |work=The New York Times |date=July 24, 1936 |accessdate=2008-12-24 }} External links
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