Frank Coffyn
and his Days in
Early Aviation

Frank Coffyn (1878 – 1960) was one of the earliest pioneer aviators in the United States. In this article he recalls those heady days when he regularly broke bread and talked shop with the likes of Orville Wright and other heroes of aviation. Coffyn has long been remembered for being the first pilot to fly his camera-mounted Wright Flyer over Manhattan and under both Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges in 1912 – which he recalls herein.

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Aviation History

Frank Coffyn
and his Days in
Early Aviation

• Collier's Magazine, 1934 •

Aviation History

Frank Coffyn and his Days in Early Aviation

• Collier's Magazine, 1934 •

Frank Coffyn
and his Days in
Early Aviation