William Whitney Christmas

Christmas was born on September 1, 1865, in Warrenton, North Carolina, to James Yancey Christmas and Rhoda Gaines. He attended the St. John's Military Academy then the University of Virginia where he obtained a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He graduated from George Washington University in 1905 with an M.D. In retirement he was still proposing improbable aeroplane designs. He died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, of pneumonia on April 14, 1960. ==Aircraft==

Aircraft designed or developed by Christmas, most of which never left the drawing board, but were supposed to introduce various aviation patents. It is unlikely that any of them other than the Bullet ever flew. (1910: (Dr William Whitney) Christmas Aeroplane Co, Washington DC. c.1912: Durham Christmas Aeroplane Sales & Exhibition Co. 1918: Cantilever Aero Co, Copiague, NY.) • Christmas Red Bird 1909 biplane • Christmas Red Bird II 1910 biplane • Christmas 1912 pusher biplane • Christmas 1913 tractor biplane • Christmas 1915 biplane • Christmas Aerial Express • Christmas Bullet ==Footnotes==