Colonel George Eustace Amyot Hallett (May 9, 1890 – June 2, 1982) was a pioneer aviator. He and

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planned to make the first

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. They were going to use a flying boat commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker, but were prevented by the start of

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set the record that they hoped to achieve.

Biography

He was born on May 9, 1890, in Cheltenham, England, to Marmaduke James Hallett, of England, and Alida Clara Bealy, of

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, New Zealand. He had a sibling, Mary Amiet Hallet.George Eustace Amyot Hallett in the

draft registration. He migrated from England to the United States with his parents in December 1890 when he was six months old. They settled in

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. When he finished his ninth grade education, he left home and worked for a commercial fisherman named Elmer Clap. He worked as an apprentice for the Baker Machine Company in San Diego. There he repaired boat and automobile engines. He then worked as a mechanic for

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they planned to be the first to fly across the

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. They were to use Wanamaker's ''America'' flying boat. He died on June 2, 1982, in

Legacy

His papers are archived at the

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Publications

Superchargers And Supercharging Engines
in the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 596–604, August 1920
Airplane motors: A course of practical instruction in their care and overhauling for the use of military aviators by George Eustace Amyot Hallett

References

John Cyril Porte and George Eustace Amyot Hallett (June 1914)

External links

George E. A. Hallett
at Google Patent
George Eustace Amyot Hallett
at

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