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Daniel B. Burnett Jr.
Daniel B. Burnett Jr., known by friends as "Dapper Dan", was a friend of Charles Lindbergh, an employee of Ryan Aeronautical of San Diego, and the wing designer of the Spirit of St. Louis.〔 He was born November 27, 1905 in Orange, New Jersey. His daughter, Lorna, explained his nickname by saying, "He was a very snappy dresser and he always wore a homburg hat. Everyone always told him he looked so dapper."〔 Burnett also owned a gibbon ape at one point named Bentley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Auction leads to Dapper Dan, aviation pioneer and friend of Charles Lindbergh )〕
==Early life==
In 1909, three year old Burnett viewed an aviation movie at the Plattsburgh Barracks that left a lifelong impression on him and led him to begin building model airplanes. When he was young, he witnessed an airplane race between Earie Ovington, the first airmail pilot, and Grahame White around the city of Boston. While living in Philadelphia, he rode his bike to the airport on Saturdays to watch the air mail planes. On one such occasion, he even saw the Curtiss NC-4 Trans-Atlantic plane. He later attended University High School in Oakland, California. There, he was the elected president of an aviation club whose specialty was the building of model airplanes. In 1921, he met one of his heroes, Eddie Rickenbacker.Then, in 1922, he moved to San Diego, California and soon began maintaining airplanes for Ryan Aviation after school. Burnett wanted to share aviation with his high school in San Diego so he asked for help to get an airplane for his school. Phil Swing (local congressman), Admiral Moffett (Chief of Naval Aviation), and General Mason Patrick (Chief of the Army Air Corps) all agreed to have Burnett contribute $1.00 towards a 1916 Sopwith Aircraft for his school. A parade for the plane was held through downtown San Diego in March 1923. Later on, Burnett attempted to stow away on a Lieutenant Kelley's plane but didn't succeed. But after his attempt, he convinced the Lieutenant to speak of his (the Lieutenant's) flights to the school.〔
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