GOUPY (Ambrose), 59 Avenue Marceau, Paris. An early pioneer in aviation
experiments--had the first triplane built for him by _Voisins_. Now
a well known constructor.
GRACE (_late_ Cecil). Naturalised British subject, ex-Chilian. Lost at
sea while competing for the Baron de Forest prize, December, 1910.
GRADE (H.), Magdeburg, Germany. First man to fly in Germany. He did this
on a Grade triplane early in 1909. Now a well known German
constructor.
GRAHAME-WHITE (Claude), 1 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, London. Pilot 30
Ae. C. F. on a _H. Farman_. Attempted to win the _Daily Mail_
L10,000 London-Manchester prize, 1910. Gordon Bennett, 1911. Now
constructor.
GREENE (Dr. W.), Treasurer, Aeronautic Society, U.S.A. Has done a great
deal to advance aviation in the U.S.A. Designer of the _Greene_
biplane--a machine which in no way infringed the Wright patents.
GRESWELL. British aviator. Flew in first aerial post, 1911.
GREY (Chas. G.), 166 Piccadilly, London, W. Editor of the _Aeroplane_.
Well-known writer on aerial matters, formerly as "Aero-Amateur,"
later under his own name. By 1912, had come to occupy a unique
position of his own by an uncompromising statement of facts without
regard to other circumstances.
GROSS (Major). In command of the German war dirigibles. Designer of the
_M_ type. (_Gross_).
GRUBB (Capt. A. H. W.) D.S.O., R.E. Prominent supporter of aviation.
Member of R. Ae. C. Committee, 1910-11.
GUILLEMEAU (R.), 82 Rue d'Amsterdam, Paris. Editor _Revue Francaise, de
Const. Autble et Aeronautique._
HAENLEIN (Paul). German, 1835-1905. Early experimenter with dirigibles.
Inventor of the "semi-rigid" system.
HAMEL (Gustav). British. Well-known aviator. Winner of
Brooklands-Brighton Race, May, 1911. Flew the first British aerial
mail, 1911. In April, 1913, on behalf of the London _Standard_, made
a non-stop flight with a passenger London to Cologne in a _Bleriot_.
Many other famous flights.
HAMMOND (J. J.) Australian. Pilot 258, Ae. C. F., on a _Sanchis Besa_,
4th October, 1910. In 1911, visited Australia with a _Bristol_, when
he made many sensational flights.
HARGRAVE (Lawrence), Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. A pioneer in aviation,
1890-95. Experimenter with and inventor of box kites.
HARKNESS (Harry). American aviator. Has made various records.
HARMON, (Clifford B.) One of the best-known U.S.A. amateur aviators.
Made U.S.A. time record (2h. 3m.), 2nd July, 1910.
HARRISON (Eric). Australian subject. Instructor of the Bristol school at
Lark Hill, Salisbury Plain, 1912.
HARRISON (Lieut. L. C. R.) British R. F. C. Killed 28th April, 1913, in
the famous _Cody_ which won the British Military Aeroplane
competition.
HAULT (Adhemar de la), 214 Rue Royale, Brussels. Editor of _La Conquete
de l'air_. Well-known aviation pioneer. Interested in Ornithopters.
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