Bikes that ran on railroad tracks, Pellston, Michigan, 1910.
P-40 Chief test pilot Lloyd Child (C) with other test pilots at the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo NY - 1941 - Original Color Picture
L to R;
W. Webster, R. Fausel, H.L. Child, H. Fisher (standing on wing), Ed Elliott & B.T. Hulse
Henry Lloyd Child was born in Philadelphia, PA, on May 25, 1904. After Graduating High School, Child majored in mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the varsity and all-state soccer team, he also played football & tennis. Child graduated with a bachelor of science degree in June 1926 and went to work for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation as an engineer.
Child joined the US Navy in November 1927 and was trained as a pilot at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Va where was commissioned as an Ensign. He was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) in November 1932, and to lieutenant in November 1935.
While maintaining his commission in the US Navy, Child returned to Curtiss-Wright as a test pilot where he flew the first flight of the P-36 Hawk.
Child worked for Lockheed from 1958 to 1968, when he retired, He passed away in Palmdale, California on August 5, 1970 at the age of 66.
Thanks to José-Daniel Cabanilles for his assistance
LIFE Magazine Archives - Dmitri Kessel Photographer
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is an American national park located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service.
There are two primary entrances to the park: the south rim entrance is located 15 miles east of Montrose, while the north rim entrance is 11 miles south of Crawford and is closed in the winter.
The park contains 12 miles (19 km) of the 48-mile (77 km) long Black Canyon of the Gunnison River. The national park itself contains the deepest and most dramatic section of the canyon, but the canyon continues upstream into Curecanti National Recreation Area and downstream into Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area.
1939 Packard Twelve Convertible V12 Sedan
The Packard Twelve is one of the most respected and desirable American pre-war classics. Built in two separate series, the earliest “Twin Six” models hail from 1916-1923, though it is the later cars that are seen as the most desirable. As the American luxury car makers battled for supremacy at the very top of the market, the twelve-cylinder Packard returned in 1932 to take on Cadillac’s headline-stealing V-16 and Lincoln’s V-12, among others. 1939 marked the final year for Packard V-12 production, with only 446 leaving the famous Detroit plant.