Robert Gilbert Lyon, aviator, seaplane-base manager

Robert Gilbert Lyon, aviator, seaplane-base manager
Birthdate:	circa 1896
Birthplace:	St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Death:	April 10, 1940 (39-48) 21 West 47th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Tracy Lyon, corporate executive and Frances de Saussure "Fanny" Gilbert Brother of Anne Pardee Lyon, author, aviator, rare-book collector; Frances Tracy Lyon and Laura P. Lyon

Managed by:	A1C Paul Alan Fine, USAF, B.A.
Last Updated:	today

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Robert's birth, biographical, and death information are available in his obituary in The New York Times, Friday, April 12, 1940, page 19.
Robert graduated from Yale University and immediately thereafter "enlisted in the Naval Volunteers and made six trips to Europe on the transport De Kalb. Later he transferred to the aviation service at Pensacola, Fla., and after completing the course became an instructor in stunt flying. He resigned in 1919 to go to Japan for the Texas Oil Company. After several years in the Orient he joined the Curtiss-Wright Company and spent several years with them establishing airports. He was an airmail pilot at several periods during his career and in 1933 made the first non-stop flight to Haiti with Captain Errol Boyd."

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1896	1896	Birth of Robert Gilbert Lyon, aviator, seaplane-base... St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
1940	April 10, 1940 Age 44	Death of Robert Gilbert Lyon, aviator, seaplane-base... 21 West 47th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States

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