Corliss Champion Moseley

Corliss Champion Moseley (July 23, 1894 – 1974 ) was a United States Army aviator and later civilian trainer. He won the inaugural Pulitzer Air Race in 1920. Following his service in World War I, where he was credited with one aerial victory, he was placed in charge of all United States Army Air Service schools. In World War I, he was credited with one victory.

After the war, he was a test pilot and later commandant of the Primary Flying School at Carlstrom Field in Arcadia, Florida.

He resigned from the Army as a major or organizer of Western Air Express, the predecessor of Western Airlines. He served as the company's vice president and operations manager until February 1, 1929. and the cost to each would be several hundred thousand dollars. This was the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Moseley founded Cal Aero Academy in Chino, California, and Polaris Flight Academy in Lancaster, California, in 1941, prior to America's entry in World War II, and Mira Loma Flight Academy in Oxnard, California. Royal Air Force and Eagle Squadron personnel trained at Polaris under Lend Lease. It is estimated that his schools produced over 25,000 pilots and 5000 mechanics, mostly for World War II.

In 1952, he founded the Grand Central Rocket Company, the predecessor of the Lockheed Propulsion Company.