About
High-altitude aviator who became the first pilot to fly around the world alone.
Trivia
His plane, the Winnie Mae, was displayed at the National Air and Space Museum and at the Smithsonian Institution.
Before Fame
He began working at age twenty-six as a parachutist for Burrell Tibbs and His Texas Topnotch Fliers, a flying circus.
Family Life
He married Mae Laine in June of 1927.
Associated With
He and James H. Doolittle were fellow aviators.