The North Island era: Birth of naval aviation

Military aviator group portrait, detail

The military's first student pilots with their instructor. (left to right) Lt. John C. Walker, Jr., U.S. Army; Lt. Paul M. Beck, U.S. Army; Curtiss; Lt. Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Navy; Lt. George E. M. Kelly, U.S. Army.

Back to Portraits of the aviators