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The Collection: People: Frank T. Coffyn

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Frank and Kingsland Coffyn playing on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Walter Brookins (3rd from right), Glenn Curtiss(4th from left) Frank Coffyn (5th from left), Augustus Post (6th from left) with unidentified men at Atlantic City, New Jersey.Frank and Kingsland Coffyn playing in the sand, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Frank Coffyn (2nd from left), Roy Knabenshue (3rd from left), and Walter Brookins with unidentified men in front of Wright transitional aircraft in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Frank Coffyn (right) and unidentified man in front of a Wright Model B.Frank Coffyn (right) and E. S. L. Randolph in front of early Wright Model B.
Group portrait with Walter Brookins (far right), Frank Coffyn (back row, center), Mrs. Coffyn (front row, left), Roy Knabenshue (far left), and others.Frank Coffyn in flight in a Wright transitional aircraft.Frank Coffyn (center, at the controls), Duval La Chapelle, and unidentified men posing on a Wright aircraft.
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Pioneer aviator and original member of Wright exhibition team. Born October 24, 1879, Charleston, South Carolina. Died December 10, 1960, Palo Alto, California. Coffyn was active in aviation following his time with the Wright Company, working as an Army flight instructor, getting his helicopter license in 1940, and finally working for the Hiller Helicopter Company.


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