Charles W. Holman | |
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Born | Charles Willis Holman December 27, 1898 |
Died | May 17, 1931 Omaha, Nebraska, US | (aged 32)
Resting place | Acacia Park Cemetery Mendota Heights, Minnesota[1] |
Charles Willis "Speed" Holman (December 27, 1898 – May 17, 1931) was an American stunt pilot, barnstormer, wing walker, parachutist, airmail pilot, record-holding aviator, and airline pilot. Born in Bloomington, Minnesota, in 1926 he became the first pilot hired by Northwest Airways and later its first operations manager.[2] In 1928, Holman set a world record of 1,433 consecutive loops in an airplane in five hours over the St. Paul Airport.[3]