"Cap" Cornish, Indiana Pilot Navigating the Century of Flight

• Main Author: Ingraham, Ruth Ann (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Purdue University Press 2014
• Subjects: Biography: general; Aircraft: general interest; History of the Americas; Transportation Studies; History of Science & Technology; History; American Studies
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Clarence "Cap" Cornish was an Indiana pilot whose life spanned all but five years of the Century of Flight. Born in Canada in 1898, Cornish grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He began flying at the age of nineteen, piloting a "Jenny" aircraft during World War I, and continued to fly...