Dick Merrill
Henry Tyndall Dick Merrill was an early aviation pioneer. Among his feats he was the highest paid air mail pilot, flew the first roundtrip transatlantic flight in 1936, was Dwight D. Eisenhowers personal pilot during the 1952 presidential elections, set several speed records, and would go on to be Eastern Air Lines most experienced pilot with over 36,000 hours until his retirement in 1961. In total, Merrill flew over 45,000 hours as pilot in command, covering over eight million miles.
Born February 1, 1894 at Iuka, Mississippi, Dick Merrill was born into a family that prided itself as being descended from the famous frontier pioneer, Daniel Boone. Although his full name was Henry Tyndall, the name Dick was a childhood moniker that stuck with him for life. Brought up as a devout Catholic, he was a teetotaler in an age when the harddrinking funloving aerial adventurer was seen as the norm. Considered very easygoing yet serious, his one foible, however, was that he was an inveterate gambler throughout his life.
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