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.

No feedback? I guess this implies that it wasn't a custom for early aviators to use aliases or perhaps there aren't a lot of people on here with knowledge of early aviation. If anyone happens to know of an alternative source to answer this question, I'd appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction. Thank-you.