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[[image No. 56 - black & white photograph of Charles Grant with model plane, 1934]]

[[image No. 57 - black & white photograph of Charles Grant to testing his glider design, 1912]]

[[image No. 58 -  engineering drawing dated June 12, 1951 of Charles Grant patent of an airplane slotted flap design]]

[[caption]] Charles Grant starting engine of model plane flown at 1934 National Model Contest, Newark Airport (56), and widely used throughout the world. At Peru, Vt., Grant, in glider of his design, ready for 1912 takeoff (57). At right, Grant's brother Duncan holds wingtip. Lad was killed during World War I flying mission. (58) Title sheet from one of many C. H. Grant patents. [[/caption]]

Charles Hampson Grant

"Models were the nucleus of early aviation engineering and design, and their state of the art has contributed much to the technical advancement of the airplane."

If such a point of view is unique, it is also correct. Grant should know: for more than a decade he was editor of Model Airplane News Magazine, has been responsible for the early aeronautical education of hundreds of thousands of young people in America and the world, and is esteemed as an aeronautical inventor of scope and creative flair. He has pioneered the concept and design of pilotless aircraft for civilian and military use, and is the holder of significant patents in high lift wing, flap, and vertical takeoff devices.

The nearly 1,000 articles and technical papers he has written, the books he has authored, and the lectures he has presented to high school and college students, have created a refreshing wind.

"Charles has a patience and understanding that is almost saintly," an associate has said of him.  "He has always worked well with young people."

During his aegis as a magazine editor (1932-1943), he organized a series of world-wide aviation clubs for the training of young men through designing, building, and flying pilotless aircraft. These clubs have now merged into the Academy of Model Aeronautics, but his early efforts were responsible for training as many as one million young Americans in basic aeronautics before War II.

[[image - small drawing of a propeller]]

Charles Hampson Grant: born Elizabeth, N.J., November 20, 1894,

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Note: Comma after 1894 is intentional