- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ben Epps Jr. and Harry Epps
- Date of Original:
- 1929
- Subject:
- Air pilots--Georgia--Athens
Airplanes--Georgia--Athens
Flying helmets--Georgia--Athens
Boys--Georgia--Athens
Inventors--Georgia--Athens
Safety goggles--Georgia--Athens
Young men--Georgia--Athens
Epps, Ben, 1916-2001
Epps, Harry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Two of aviator pioneer Ben Epps's ten children pose in front of a biplane.
Photograph of Ben Epps Jr. and Harry Epps, two of aviator pioneer Ben Epps's ten children posing in front of a biplane. 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-1449/
- 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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