Ernest K. Gann
| Ernest Kellogg Gann | |
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| Born |
October 13, 1910 Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Died | December 19, 1991 (aged 81) Friday Harbor, Washington |
| Cause of death | Kidney failure |
| Nationality | US |
| Spouse | Eleanor Helen Michaud Dodie Post |
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| Aviation career | |
| Known for | Pioneer airline pilot Aviation writer |
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Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservationist.
Gann was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to a prosperous Midwestern family; his father was an executive with General Telephone and Telegraph in Lincoln, Nebraska; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. Rebelling against his father's strong desire that he seek a career with the telephone business, Ernest pursued several other interests as he matured. He was fascinated by topics including photography, movie-making, and aviation. As a young man, he showed little interest in school and performed poorly. His parents decided that he needed discipline and that he should attend a military school. He was sent to the Culver Military Academy (now Culver Academies) for his high school years. Despite many misadventures and struggles with the harsh academic environment and strict rules at Culver, he graduated at age 19 in 1930. He elected to pursue filmmaking, and matriculated with the Yale School of Drama. After his studies at Yale, Gann worked in New York City at Radio City Music Hall as a projectionist and later as a commercial movie cartoonist.
On September 18, 1933, Gann married Eleanor Helen Michaud in Chicago, Illinois. They had three children: George Kellogg Gann, (November 12, 1935); Polly Wing Gann; and Steven Anthony Gann (March 4, 1941).
A chance encounter gained Gann a job with The March of Time, a documentary movie series associated with Time magazine. While working on the feature Inside Nazi Germany in 1936, Gann narrowly escaped Hitler's troops as they marched into the Rhineland. Returning to New York, he relocated his family to a new home in Rockland County where the lure of a local airport, Christie Brothers in Congers, New York, rekindled his interest with aviation. He purchased a half partnership in a Stinson Reliant (gullwing) aircraft with actor Burgess Meredith, obtained his pilot license, and soon became an accomplished aviator.
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