Did early U.S. Aviators often use aliases?
Hi Everyone,
I'm hoping that someone here can help me. I've been researching an early aviator ancestor of mine who perished in a plane accident in 1915 in Cicero, Illinois at Cicero Aviation Field. In the newspaper story about the accident (please refer to attachment), it says that my ancestor (Vincent Drury- misspelled as "Durry" in the article) and the other pilot, Frank Touth, apparently both used aliases.
Was it normal for early aviators to have aliases? If so, why? Just seems odd that both would use them and am wondering if this was common in the day for aviators or unique to them. I would appreciate any feedback.
Last edited by AlbyM; 27th Apr 2016 at 13:02.