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    Theodore Gordon "Spuds" Ellyson, USN (27 February 1885 – 27 February 1928), was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ("Naval...
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  • grandfather of Theodore Gordon Ellyson. James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), politician Robert Ellyson (1615–1671), sheriff Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885–1928)...
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    USS Ellyson (DD-454/DMS-19), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Theodore Gordon Ellyson, a submariner...
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    aircraft with a takeoff in a limited distance. On 31 July 1912, Theodore Gordon Ellyson became the first person to be launched from a U.S. Navy catapult...
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    Dufek (1903–1977) Ensign John R. Elliott (1977–2000) Commander Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885–1928) Rear Admiral Wilson F. Flagg (1938–2001) Major General...
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  • Virginia; Helen Mildred Lewis Glenn (1884 – 1972), who married Theodore Gordon Ellyson of Richmond, Virginia, the first Naval aviator; and William Louis...
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    Newfoundland and Labrador Controlled flight into terrain into a hill Theodore Gordon Ellyson United States 1928 First American naval aviator Loening OL-7 Chesapeake...
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    Thomas S. Baldwin, W. Starling Burgess, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, Theodore Gordon Ellyson (U.S. naval aviator #1), Eugene Ely, Louis Godard, Roy Knabenshue...
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  • at Modesto, California, on 19 April 1920. 27 February Commander Theodore Gordon Ellyson, the first Naval Aviator, Lieutenant Commander Hugo Schmidt and...
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    license issued by the Aero Club of America. He died in 1959. 28 Theodore Gordon Ellyson 32 Edson Fessenden Gallaudet 35 William Redmond Cross, Governor...
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    detained. The first U.S. Navy aviation unit was organized, with Lt. Theodore Gordon Ellyson as its commanding officer. Portugal assembled 12,000 troops at...
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    Eliott, 11th Baronet, of Stobs (Scottish Aristocrat and Landowner) Theodore Gordon Ellyson (First Naval aviator) married Helen Mildred Lewis Glenn. John Glenn...
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    archived copy as title (link) "From". "Californians and the Military: Theodore Gordon Ellyson, Commander, U.S.N. "Submariner" and "Naval Aviator Number One""...
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    of the Navy. 1995. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Mark L. Evans and Dale J. Gordon (Summer 2010). "Year in Review 2009" (PDF). Naval Aviation News. 94 (2):...
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    research the use of aircraft at sea in the 1910s, with Lieutenant Theodore G. "Spuds" Ellyson becoming the first naval aviator on 28 January 1911, and commissioned...
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  • Eaker (1970) Amelia Earhart (1968) Carl Benjamin Eielson (1985) Theodore G. Ellyson (1965) Eugene Burton Ely (1965) Joe H. Engle (2001) Frank Kendall...
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  • general "Spud" – Elbert C. Lindon, U.S. submarine commander "Spuds" -Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Naval Aviator "Stan" – Roderic Dallas, World War I Australian...
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  • Archbishop (1965–1988) Theodore Joseph Rematt, Archbishop (1988–present) Robert Alfred Burns, Archbishop (1963–1974) Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell, Archbishop...
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    Georges Leygues 8 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery) destroyers: Ellyson, Hambleton, Rodman, Emmons, Macomb, Forrest, Fitch, Hobson 3 French large...
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  • "Spig" – Frank W. Wead, U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter "Spuds" – Theodore Ellyson, pioneer U.S. Navy aviator "Stan" – Roderic Dallas, top Australian...
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    from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019. Schleifer, Theodore; Lim, Naomi (July 22, 2016). "Labor, abortion rights groups praise Kaine...
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  • United States Bureau of Mines. June 18 – To much fanfare, former president Theodore Roosevelt returns to New York City from a year-long African safari and...
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    Stuart's governorship. It was the last full session during which J. Taylor Ellyson served as lieutenant governor and president of the state senate; as of...
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  • 1906 United States House of Representatives elections (category Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt)
    in either June or September. They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt's second term. Elections were held for 386 seats of the United...
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  • introduced. March 12 – The Girl Scouts of the USA are founded by Juliette Gordon Low, in Savannah, Georgia. March 27 – Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gives 3...
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  • Events from the year 1909 in the United States. President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York) (until March 4) William Howard Taft (R-Ohio) (starting March...
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    Reynolds were re-elected, with Hoople and Edgar P. Ellyson tied in third. On the second ballot Ellyson was elected. While still superintendent of the New...
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  • Events from the year 1906 in the United States. President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York) Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana) Chief Justice:...
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    to teach flying to Army and Naval personnel. Here, he trained Lt. Theodore Ellyson, who became U.S. Naval Aviator #1, and three Army officers, 1st Lt...
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    for officers, Mustin was designated Navy Air Pilot No. 3 (after Theodore G. Ellyson and John H. Towers). A detachment of nine officers and about two...
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