- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ben Epps and Ben Epps Jr.
- Date of Original:
- 1888/1937
- Subject:
- Air pilots--Georgia--Athens
Airplanes--Georgia--Athens
Flying helmets--Georgia--Athens
Men--Georgia--Athens
Inventors--Georgia--Athens
Safety goggles--Georgia--Athens
Young men--Georgia--Athens
Epps, Ben, 1888-1937
Epps, Ben, 1916-2001 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Ben Epps (right) taught his children and many others to fly. His eldest son, Ben Epps Jr. (left), at age thirteen was at the time the youngest pilot ever to solo.
Photograph of Georgia aviator Ben Epps (right) and his son Ben Epps Jr. Wearing flight suits and goggles perched on their helmets, they pose next to an airplane. Epps taught his children and many others to fly. His eldest son, Ben Epps Jr., at age thirteen was at the time the youngest pilot ever to solo.
The father of the state's aviation, Ben Epps--inventor, mechanic, and aviator--was the first Georgian to build and fly an airplane. Over a thirty-year career Epps was an innovator who instilled a love of flying in many young Georgians, including his own children. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/ben-epps-1888-1937/m-1447/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/ben-epps-1888-1937
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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