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Frank Hawks was born on 28 March, 1897 in Marshalltown, Iowa, is an American aviator. Discover Frank Hawks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

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Occupation Pilot, designer, author, actor, spokesperson
Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 28 March 1897
Birthday 28 March
Birthplace Marshalltown, Iowa
Date of death 23 August, 1938
Died Place East Aurora, New York
Nationality United States

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Who Is Frank Hawks's Wife?

His wife is Newell Lane (Divorced) Edith Bowie Hawks

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Parents Charles M. Hawks and Ida Mae Hawks
Wife Newell Lane (Divorced) Edith Bowie Hawks
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Frank Hawks Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1897

Frank Monroe Hawks (March 28, 1897 - August 23, 1938) was a pilot in the United States Army Air Service during World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe.

Born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on March 28, 1897, Hawks attended grammar school before his parents who were actors, joined a stock company and toured Minnesota.

1916

Hawks took on juvenile parts during his parents' engagements but when the family settled in California, Hawks resumed his formal schooling and graduated in 1916 from a high school in Long Beach.

An early exposure to the thrill of flying came when Hawks convinced local Long Beach air field owners, the Christofferson brothers, to give him a free flight in exchange for a newspaper article.

He had convinced the owners that a high school student's impressions would result in increased interest in flying and more business for the air field.

It worked and Hawks was able to parlay a series of pleasure flights.

1917

After enrolling at the University of California where he played halfback on the freshman football team, Hawks enlisted in 1917 when war was declared.

Hawks joined the U.S. Army with the aspiration to become a pilot in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.

After he received his Junior Military Aviator rating and a second lieutenant's commission in the Signal Officer's Reserve Corps, Hawks became a flying instructor at Dallas Love Field, Texas, receiving a promotion to first lieutenant and a short time later was made the assistant officer in charge of flying at U.S. Army Air Service's Brooks Field at San Antonio, Texas.

One incident that nearly proved fatal occurred when Hawks and Lieutenant Wendell Brookley collided in midair over the San Antonio football stadium.

Both pilots were carrying out an exuberant aerial exhibition to support the United War Work campaign when the aircraft tangled but they managed to land their damaged aircraft, only to receive a reprimand for dangerous flying.

Both flyers served a week in confinement.

1919

Leaving active duty in 1919, Hawks was promoted to captain in the United States Army Air Service Reserve.

During the immediate postwar years, he did a stint of aerial barnstorming in the United States and Mexico.

1920

Besides his barnstorming feats, Hawks became known for his appearances at aerial exhibitions and on December 28, 1920, he took a 23-year-old Amelia Earhart on her first flight at a state fair in Los Angeles, California.

Earhart's father arranged for the flight and paid the fee of $10 for a 10-minute "hop".

1921

Hawks began to be in public eye when he joined the Gates Flying Circus and was involved in a demonstration of the first in-flight refueling in 1921.

Earl Daugherty in his JN4D Jenny had been touted as being able to stay in the air for 24 hours.

Hawks flew his Standard J-1 World War I trainer carrying wing-walker Wesley May aloft to join up with Daugherty, circling over Long Beach, California.

May, carrying a five-gallon can of gasoline, stepped over to Earl's ship and poured the gas in the Jenny's tank.

1922

On May 7, 1922, Hawks landed his small Standard biplane within the grounds at the Stadium Jalapeño at Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, as part of the inaugural ceremonies.

1924

In 1924 Hawks was hired by Compañía Mexicana de Aviación as a pilot flying special charter service routes, piloting his Standard J-1 two-place modified for five-place passenger service.

While in Mexico, Hawks managed a large 30000 acre ranch and estate near Tampico, using his aircraft to fly to Mexico City and back, to run errands such as carrying payrolls to the oil field companies operating around Tampico.

1927

By 1927, Hawks continued to eke out a living as a pilot but with money from his wife, he purchased a Mahoney Ryan B-1 Brougham (NC3009) he named the "Spirit of San Diego."

In the aftermath of Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, he flew to Washington with his wife on board, to greet the triumphant Lindbergh, and in the ensuing glare of publicity, Hawks was hired by the Ryan Aircraft Company to be its official representative.

In the Ford National Reliability Air Tour, Hawks placed sixth and earned $1,000 in prize money.

With the public idolizing Lindbergh, Hawks toured the country, selling rides in the aircraft "like Lindy flew."

The notoriety that Hawks gained by his self-promotion led to a contract with Maxwell House Coffee and with their sponsorship, he entered the 1927 National Air Races in Spokane, Washington, where the now renamed "Miss Maxwell House" came in first for speed in the Detroit News Air Transport Speed and Efficiency Trophy Race.

Also on December 5, 1927, the Texas Company (Texaco) hired Hawks to head up its own Aviation Division as a Superintendent to market aviation products.

The "Texaco One", a custom-built Ford Trimotor (NC3443) was delivered in January 1928 and Hawks was dispatched to advertise the company across the United States and abroad, beginning with flying a Texas delegation from Houston to Mexico City and back.

It was the first goodwill trade extension air tour from the United States to Mexico and received wide coverage in American and Mexican newspapers.

Later in the same year, Hawks embarked on a nationwide goodwill tour, visiting more than 150 cities and covering approximately 51000 mi. It was estimated that 500,000 people saw the "Texaco One".

He described the tour in his autobiography Speed: "In the course [of the tour]. I visited 175 cities, carried 7,200 passengers, and did 56,000 miles of cross-country flying. All of this without a mishap to plane and passengers."

1928

In December 1928, the Trimotor was destroyed in a crash at Floresville, Florida.

1929

In early 1929, Hawks was approached by Lockheed to ferry their new Air Express (NR7955) to New York in time for an air show.

On February 4, 1929, flying with Oscar Grubb, superintendent of final assembly at the Lockheed factory, who had volunteered to serve as flight engineer to pump fuel from auxiliary fuselage tanks, Hawks set a transcontinental speed record.

He flew from the Lockheed factory in Burbank, California, to New York in 18 hours and 21 minutes.

1937

Prolific in the media and continually in the "public eye", in the 1937 The Mysterious Pilot movie serial, Hawks was billed as the "fastest airman in the world."

A popular saying from the time was, "Don't send it by mail ... send it by Hawks."

1938

After retiring from a career as an air racer, he died in 1938, flying an experimental aircraft.