Show B Boeing e ri Ilg c ial a I Won 0 n Renown en 0 As s World Flier e colorful ca career carcer career ca ca- boast boast-a boast ast 3 a p Pilots tots who vho b seat when take a a. back reer have to round und tI the tl c Erik Nelson famous r world army flier filer r i now neW sales sale manager man elan- ta Ao s f t ager for tor tho the Boeing Boe ing Airplane 1 company com corn I. I pan pant pany re reveals hl his f. f autobiography ar h I 1 Nelson e 1 I 8 o 0 p n who fa w ryas was wS S 1 born 0 r n i in f Stockholm Swed Sweden S finished his l d-l Yo en en high JUsh school course t r inland later De rc Deceived J engineer engineer- r- r s. s Instruction in ina In Ins f a technical school ii e e Of or a n. roving ro disposition dis ds in In his position i early years years years' he be hel l upon p a t. t in ti the re German Germain sa vessel and anc sailed un under n- n five tin years that followed der almost every vely fla Jag flag and In all nil parts of the lie seven seas He Jat later r took ook up uli engineering wort splint J nt a no short time I In U the the c d with nn an airplane company compan as ah as an an 10 aviation mechanic r During the ate I W World var r Lieutenant L Lieu Lieu- l e tenant Nelson enlisted in fn the aviation aviation avia avia- After After- to fI fly tion se section learning second as ic lic was' was commissioned as In Instructor In- In lieutenant and became flying and as soon rated as the best DR DH 4 flier filet in the Air air corps Among his notable n t le army urmy flying achievements Flew a plane pl over the Grand Grand' canyon canon can can- yon On on of or the C and enabled a. a a photographer to take talo aerial aeral photographs photo photo- the st time This graphs s of aNt It for tOle mile milc trip was ryas 06 known as the Flight tram the Gulf Gult to the Pa- Pa cine and return w ti Visited thin two thirty tit o dt different cities wJ with witha h a squadron of four four- O l tJ planes an s and flew new a aL total of bl 1000 tines mlles in the Interests of of t recruiting recruiting- work vork In Jn 1920 Nelson waS waS' chosen as engl- engl n o officer lot of the th-c Now York to I Nome Alaska and return trip Ills m IUs' flight ht and engineering abilities abili- abili ties les were responsible fort for he 1 su success es of that 1 t flight and his hl election election-as as 3 a m m ber of the Porto RIcan tJI flight ht and the tho around the tb world w orld flight m ht Lieutenant Nelson Is is oils oils' of the first CT credited dUd with being tb propose 6 propose that American aviators be e sent around tho the w world Nelson Noison and nd his life Jack Harding who vho J h Is now liaison officer for or the Airplane company ai flew the the- plan Orleans Hound ai the world In n a flight whose whole successful conclusion con- con n is now nowr nos history Neison Nelson was vas one of oc tho the three army world fliers fliers' advanced a ced files Wes on th the promotion list lIft by an act of co congress congress con con- gress J in t l recognition cog 0 of 1 his ls achieve c m ments on this flight ht He He- was also awarded the distinguished service medal and ani obtained permission l n front from congress to Lo receive decorations from foreign countries After Atter a period o of oJ r service with the air all corps Nelson resigned d to beco bec become me mc sales manager l lana r for tor the tha Boeing Airplane company |