Elmer Stone—Coast Guard Aviator #1 set the world record over 100 years ago!
William H. Thiesen, Ph.D. —
It should come as no surprise that over 100 years ago a Coast Guard aviator was the first to pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic. Elmer Fowler Stone topped the list of applicants for the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction class of 1913, a small group that would feature several distinguished graduates in the history of Coast Guard aviation.
