CHARLES L. A. HUBERT 1889-

King George V Coronation Air Mail Flights 1911 Photo from Air Mail Aviators Courtesy of Roy Nagl, 8-13-05

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE from John Grech, 10-69-06 Cross & Cockade International Hi      According to his Royal Aero Club card he was born on 16 March 1889 at Cherbourg France. Cheers John

 

King George V Coronation Air Mail Flights 1911      Frenchman Charles L. A. Hubert in his Farman biplane, which has "Aerial Mail" painted on the underside of its bottom wing. Hubert crashed this biplane and broke both his legs, at Hendon airfeld, during the Coronation flights, on September 11th, while taking off with eight bags of mail, which are reported to have weighed about 200 pounds. Photo & text from Air Mail Aviators Courtesy of Roy Nagl, 8-13-05

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Charles L. A. Hubert", using the Google search engine, (8-20-05), you will find three links, two of which are highly relevant.

 

1911 KING GEORGE V CORONATION AIR MAIL FLIGHTS      On this website, one of many built by Roy Nagl, you will find a very interesting revue of the "ROYAL MAIL - 1911- KING GEORGE V CORONATION FLIGHTS." Included is a comprehensive summary of the many events of the program, as well as a day by day listing of the flights. The article is illustrated with photographs of Hubert, as well as Gustav Hamel and E. F. Driver. The article includes photographs of two postcards which were carried on the flights.      If time permits, and if you are not already familiar with Roy's other websites, I heartily recommend that you scroll to the bottom of the page and click on as many as catch your interest. He has assembled a wealth of information on many other subjects in the field, a veritable treasurehouse of stories and photographs.

 

Leswilkinson.co.uk Stamp Collector and Past GBPS President      This page offers a very detailed revue of the first airplane crash covers which may have been carried by Hubert. I think you will be impressed as I was with the amount of information which has been collected over the years. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.

 

I have no information as to the date of his death.   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back

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