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3 unusual facts about Aero Club of America


Aero Club of America

In the summer of 1905, several members of the Automobile Club of America including Charles Glidden, Homer Hedge, David Morris, John F. O'Rourke, and Augustus Post founded the Aero Club of America.

The Aero Club of America was a social club formed in 1905 by Charles Jasper Glidden and others to promote aviation in America.

Pilot licensing and certification

In the U.S. the Aero Club of America was a gathering body used to discuss the different advancements in aviation.



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Raymond Orteig

In 1919 he attended a dinner in New York organised by the Aero Club of America in early 1919 honouring the American flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker.