Albert Francis Hegenberger
- Albert Francis Hegenberger
Albert Francis Hegenberger (September 30, 1895 – August 31, 1983) was a Major General in the U.S. Army and a pioneering aviator who set a flight distance record in 1927.
Biography
Hegenberger graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an aeronautical engineer and served as a flight instructor during World War I. Later, as Chief of the Instrument Branch, Air Service Engineering Division, at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, he began researching flight and navigation instrument development.
In 1927, Lieutenant Hegenberger and Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland were the first to fly 2,400 miles from California to Hawaii, the longest open sea flight to date, in the "Bird of Paradise," a Fokker F.VII. They received the Mackay Trophy and the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge for this achievement.
Hegenberger went on to develop a blind instrument landing system. In 1932 he made the world's first solo instrument-only flight at Wright Field, in Dayton, Ohio. His system was adopted for both military and civilian use and became standard equipment in all larger airplanes and at all airports. This achievement earned him a second Distinguished Flying Cross and the Collier Trophy in 1934.
He died in Florida in 1983.
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References
* [http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/albert_hegenberger.cfm First Flight]
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