Background
He was born in September 1, 1865 in Warrenton, North Carolina to James Yancey Christmas and Rhoda Gaines.
He was born in September 1, 1865 in Warrenton, North Carolina to James Yancey Christmas and Rhoda Gaines.
He attended the Saint John"s Military Academy then the University of Virginia where he obtained a bachelor degree and an masters degree. He graduated from George Washington University in 1905 with an Doctor of Medicine
September 1, 1865 – April 14, 1960) was a pioneer aviator and a physician. He was one of many claimants for an early design of the aileron. He was a vice-president of the General Development Corporation.
He designed the Christmas Bullet in 1918, the airplane had no wing struts and crashed on the maiden flight, killing the pilot.
He then built a second aircraft with the same unstable design which also crashed on the maiden flight, killing the pilot. 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. Designed by Christmas, some of which never left the drawing board, but most introduced some novel aviation patent or other.
(1910: (Doctor William Whitney) Christmas Aeroplane Company, Washington District of Columbia. c.1912: Durham Christmas Aeroplane Sales & Exhibition Company
1918: Cantilever Aeronautical Company, Copiague, New New York)
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.