Capt Henri Charles Amedie de la Faye Biard |
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1912, aged 20 |
c.1934, aged 42. |
From Jersey; a very early flier, test pilot for Supermarine. Schneider Trophy pilot in 1922, 23 and 25 (during which he crashed, "making a huge hole in the sea", but emerged merely slightly dazed). His autobiography is called, er, 'Wings' (1934). |