(1893-1986)
He held glider pilot soaring certificate #1 signed by Orville Wright.
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Captain Barnaby believes every prospective pilot should first learn to operate a glider" (U.S. Navy)
GLIDERS BUILD CONFIDENCEBarnaby, Ralph S. (1893-1986)
Ralph Stanton Barnaby
RALPH S. BARNABY
R. S. Barnaby
Lt. Barnaby
LT. COMDR. RALPH BARNABY
Capt. Ralph Barnaby
Lieutenant Ralph S. Barnaby
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Ralph S. Barnaby/Captain, USN, Retired", B/w 11x8½. Ralph S. Barnaby (1883-1986), who was named an "elder statesman of aviation" by the National Aeronautic Association, designed, built and flew his first "hang-type" glider in 1909 at age 16. In 1930, Barnaby, who held glider pilot's license #1 and was a member of the "Early Birds" (pilots who received their flying licenses before 1916), made aviation history when his glider was launched from a plane some 3,000 feet above Los Angeles. Twenty years later, he was the Captain of the U.S. team in the first world soaring championship, held in Sweden in 1950. A founder of the Soaring Society of America, Barnaby also wrote a number of books on gliding. Serving in the U.S. Navy from 1917-1947, he was an advocate that every pilot should receive glider training, pointing out that even the X-15 became a glider when its fuel was spent.
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How to Make and Fly Paper Airplanes Large image of the cover of the book:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91dg7H6lVdL.jpgBook by Ralph S. Barnaby: Gliders and Gliding, Design Principles, Structural features, and Operation of Gliders and Soaring Planes
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Related to story: Wittemann brothers glider
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http://images.rarenewspapers.com/ebayimgs/7.71.2011/image095.jpgQuote:
"Barnaby Flyer"
News video of the launch from dirigible USS Los Angeles:
http://www.t3licensing.com/license/clip/8089916_070.doObserver-Reporter - Nov 14, 1973 wrote:
Barnaby's Law:
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NYT obituary:
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/22/obituaries/rs-barnaby-ex-glider-pilot.htmlA careful essay:
http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/DECEASED/Barnaby-%20Ralph%20S.pdfArchives:
http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!226621!0The Reminiscences of Captain Ralph S. Barnaby, U.S. Navy (retired), 53 pages, U.S. Naval Institute, 1995. (No e-book known yet.)
He had served as president of the Soaring Society of America.
Barnaby plaque
A History of American Soaring, by Ralph S. Barnaby. Soaring Society of America, 1974.
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Aero Club of Pennsylvania, president:
Captain Ralph S. Barnaby 1950-51 Captain USN, Phila Navy Yard, Glider Pilot and expert, dropped out of Airships, Aero Engineer at Naval Aircraft Factory, was Pres of EBs (Early Birds) circa 1956
