Charles F. Willard

Charles Foster Willard was an early pilot and company founder. He founded C. F. Willard and Co., cofounded McCurdy-Willard Aeroplane Company, and may have been the chief engineer of Glenn L. Martin Company.

This person had 4 publications and 3 patents in this database.

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Charles F. Willard or Charles Willard

• Patent US-1916-1394459 (English title: Fuselage construction, Filing date: 1916-10-18)
• Patent US-1916-1441319 (English title: Wing connection for aeroplanes, Filing date: 1916-10-18)
• Patent US-1918-1394460 (English title: Aeroplane construction, Filing date: 1918-01-12)

Publications by or about Charles F. Willard or Charles Willard

• Aeronautics, 1909, Willard flies 26 times one week (Simple title: Willard flies 26 times one week, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Publication B2p0318e23, 1910, Photograph of Charles Willard in a Curtiss machine (Simple title: Photograph of Charles Willard in a Curtiss machine, Journal: Aircraft)
• Willard, 1910, Flying and humidity (Simple title: Flying and humidity, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Willard, 1911, Charles F. Willard's Gnôme driven biplane with a paragon propeller (Simple title: Charles F. Willard's Gnôme driven biplane with a paragon propeller, Journal: Aircraft)
• Willard, 1916, Engineering data. Calculating weights of wing surfaces (Simple title: Engineering data. Calculating weights of wing surfaces, Journal: Journ. Aeron. Soc. America)
• Kalt, 2017, High in Desert Skies (Simple title: High in Desert Skies)

There are many sources to incorporate over time: book about the companies ; photo which could go to Wikimedia Commons; another Toronto photo ; another copy of photo ; bio; death and burial info ; early flights ; [1] ; more more more with middle name Forster ; Smithsonian ; NYT obituary

It looks like his middle name was Foster but several sources show it as Forster.

References

Names	Charles F. Willard; Charles Foster Willard; Charles Forster Willard
Countries	US
Locations	New York City, the Bronx, Long Island, Vermont, Los Angeles, Dominguez Field
Occupations	engineer, pilot, race car driver, company founder
Tech areas
Accreditations
Affiliations	C. F. Willard and Co., Laminated Wooden Fuselage Co., L W F Engineering Company, Aeromarine Plane and Motor Corp., Glenn L. Martin Company, Wright-Martin Aircraft Aircraft Co., Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., McCurdy-Willard Aeroplane Company
Family name
Birth date	1883
Death date	January 31, 1977
Wikidata id	Q1064390