Clarence Chamberlin

From Rofflehaus

Clarence Chamberlin (1893 – 1976) was an Iowa-born aviator that nipped the heels of Charles Lindbergh for the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Just two weeks after Lindbergh's flight, Chamberlin made the first flight across the Atlantic with a passenger – Charles A. Levine – that took him 42 hours, 31 minutes and ran out of fuel 43 miles before his goal: Berlin, Germany.

Chamberlin graduated from Denison High School in 1912 where he went to the Denison Normal and Business College for a year and Iowa State University for two years.

Chamberlin died in Shelton, Connecticut and is buried at Lawn Cemetery in Huntington, Connecticut.

[edit] Chamberlin Day

August 26, 1927 was Chamberlin Day in Ames.

[edit] External links

• http://www.earlyaviators.com/echamber.htm
• http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/racing/PILOTS/Clarence%20Chamberlin.htm
• Famous Iowans profile from Des Moines Register
• Biography on the National Aviation Hall of Fame website
• http://desmoinesregister.com/extras/flight/pioneers/chamberlin.html
• http://www.ames.lib.ia.us/farwell/publication/Pub2328.htm
• http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/aviation.html

[edit] References

• Ames, the early years in word and picture : from Marsh to modern city (ISBN 0963669605) by Farwell T. Brown (page 85-86)