page_title: Early Birds of Aviation
section_title: P===and===Q
hierarchical_section_title: Early Birds of Aviation / Members / P===and===Q
caption_attribution_description: English: Aviator, balloonist, and automotive pioneer Augustus Post
context_page_description: The Early Birds of Aviation is an organization devoted to the history of early pilots. The organization was started in 1928 and accepted a membership of 598 pioneering aviators.
  Membership was limited to those who piloted a glider, gas balloon, or airplane, prior to December 17, 1916, covering the entirety of the pioneer era of aviation, and just over two years into World War I. The cutoff date was set at December 17 to correspond to the first flights of Wilbur and Orville Wright. 1916 was chosen as a cutoff because a large number of people were trained in 1917 as pilots for World War I. Twelve of the aviators were women.
  The original organization dissolved once the last living member had died. This occurred with the death of 99-year-old George D. Grundy Jr. on May 19, 1998. The organization was restarted and is devoted to collecting and publishing biographies on those who met the 1916 deadline. There were many pilots who soloed before the 1916 deadline who never applied to the club to be members. Some have been made honorary members.
context_section_description: George A. Page Jr. (?–1983)
  Stanley H. Page (?–?)
  Joseph Marie Pallissard (1886–1960)
  Harry Park (1869–1955)
  Evan Jenkins Parker (1885–1966)
  Fred F. Parker (?–1965)
  Will D. Parker (?–1981)
  Agustín Parlá Orduña (1887–1946)
  Edwin Charles Parsons (1892–1968)
  Charles H. Paterson (?–?)
  John W. Pattison (1884–1957). He was born on March 10, 1884 in Milford, Ohio. He died on January 24, 1957.
  Felix Wladyslaw Pawlowski (1876–1951)
  Charles Wesley Peters (1889–?) Regarded as the first African American pilot.
  John F. Petre (?–1969)
  Luba G. Phillips (1888–1959)
  Elmo Neale Pickerill (1885–1968)
  Sydney Pickles (1894–1975)
  Percy Pierce (?–1962)
  Samuel S. Pierce (1887–1973). He died on August 4, 1973 in Milton, Massachusetts.
  Augustus Post (1874–1952) Post was a classic American adventurer who distinguished himself as an automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician and lecturer. He was the 13th man to fly in an airplane, coined the term "airport," conceived and organized the transatlantic air crossing that became the Lindbergh flight, and served a secretary to the Aero Club of America for more than 20 years.
  Edwin M. Post Jr. (1893–1973)
  George Birkbeck Post (1891–1960)
  Claude Washington Pound (1885–1980).
  Clarence Oliver Prest (1896–1954)
  Maurice L. Prévost (1887–1952) of France. He was born in France on September 22, 1887. He married Jeanne Catherine Françoise Mulaton (1881–1956) in Reims in 1921. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on November 27, 1952.
  Frederick Holly Prime (1888–1985)
  Frederick H. Prince Jr. (?–1962)
  John Daniel Probst Jr. (1895–1932). He was born on July 18, 1895 in New York.
  Ira J. Profitt (1888–1972) He was born in 1888. He died on August 24, 1972 at the Santa Monica Hospital in Santa Monica, California at the age of 80.
  George H. Prudden (1893–1964)
  Sam A. Purcell (?–1942)
  Harriet Quimby (1875–1912) ♀ first American female licensed pilot
caption: Aviator, balloonist, and automotive pioneer Augustus Post
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