Hugh Robinson (aviator), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Robinson (aviator)

American aviation pioneer

Date of Birth: 13-May-1881

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1963

Profession: inventor, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Hugh Armstrong Robinson (May 13, 1881 – 1963) was a pioneer in the earliest days of aviation, combining his skills of inventor, pilot, and daredevil.
Among other things, he is said to have been the third person to successfully fly an aircraft after the Wright Brothers in a plane of his own design and construction and the first person to make an air-sea rescue.
His many firsts also include the first medical flight transporting a doctor to patient in Hammond, N.Y.
in June 1912 and first U.S.
airmail flight in 1911.
Robinson also devised the term and art of dive-bombing.