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Hubbard, Edward, 1889-1928

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1928

Biographical Note: Eddie Hubbard

Edward "Eddie" Hubbard was born in San Francisco, California on January 3, 1889. He relocated to Seattle, Washington in 1907. In 1915, he enrolled as the first student of the Aviation School of the Northwest and was the first to obtain an aviator's license from the Aero Club of America. In 1917, Hubbard was hired by Boeing Airplane Company as a mechanic, shortly thereafter becoming a test pilot. On March 3, 1919, Hubbard completed the first successful air mail flight, from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. on behalf of Boeing Air Transport. He continued to fly as an air mail pilot for several years. Eddie Hubbard died on December 28, 1928 from complications due to stomach surgery.

Citation:
Brown, Jim. Hubbard - the Forgotten Boeing Aviator. Vancouver: Peanut Butter Pub, 1996.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William E. Boeing Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-10-06-B
Abstract

William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.

Dates: circa 1783-2008; Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Scarff, John Bowen -- oral history interview, 2017 May 06

 File
Interview Summary U.S. Navy veteran John Bowen Scarff is interviewed about his father, Wayland Labatt Scarff, and about his military service after World War II. He discusses his father’s career at the fledgling Boeing Company in the mid-1910s and his work at Boeing Plant 1, also known as the Red Barn. Scarff also provides an overview of his military service in the postwar period, including his enlistment at Sand Point Naval Air Station (Washington) and his aviation machinist training at Norman Naval Air...
Dates: 2017 May 06
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

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