Bennett Griffin ( born Bennett Hill Griffin ; 1895 - 1978 ) - American aviator and statesman, Colonel .
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| Place of Birth | Mississippi , USA | ||
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| Place of death | Washington , USA buried at Arlington Cemetery | ||
| Citizenship |  USA | ||
| Occupation | Aviator | ||
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Biography
Born September 22, 1895 in the state, but grew up in Oklahoma City , where he moved in the early 1900s.
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On July 5, 1932, Griffin and James Mattern flew from Lockheed Vega's The Century of Progress [1] airplane from Floyd Bennett Field Airport near New York , landed in Harbor ( Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada ), then made a non-stop flight to Berlin . But the attempt to fly around the world ended in an emergency landing in the city of Borisov ( Belorussian SSR , USSR ) on July 7, 1932. Nevertheless, the pilots set a new record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean : 10 hours 50 minutes.
In 1946-1947, he led the move of the Civil Aeronautics Administration from Houston to Oklahoma City, where it later became known as the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center . Griffin also served as director of Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ) from 1947 to 1959. Interestingly, he was the first pilot to land in 1941 at this airport as an American Airlines pilot.
Bennett Griffin died on April 26, 1978 in Washington, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . [2]
Merit
- In 1973, Griffin was awarded the National Aeronautics Association Prize. [3]
- He had many awards, including the Order of the Legion of Honor and the Cross of Merit of Flight .
Notes
- ↑ LOCKHEED VEGA Model 5 NC869E Archived July 30, 2009 on Wayback Machine . Delta Mike Airfield, Inc. Accessed May 14, 2009. (English)
- ↑ Bennett Hill Griffin
- ↑ Wesley L. McDonald Elder Statesman Awards Archived on June 30, 2007. . National Aeronautic Association. (eng.)
Links
- GRIFFIN, BENNETT HILL (1895-1978) (English)