George E. A. Hallett

Colonel George Eustace Amyot Hallett (May 9, 1890 – June 2, 1982) was a pioneer aviator. He and John Cyril Porte planned to make the first transatlantic flight. They were going to use a flying boat commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker, but were prevented by the start of World War I. In 1919 the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown set the record that they hoped to achieve.

Biography He was born on May 9, 1890, in Cheltenham, England, to Marmaduke James Hallett, of England, and Alida Clara Bealy, of Christchurch, New Zealand. He had a sibling, Mary Amiet Hallet.

He migrated from England to the United States with his parents in December 1890 when he was six months old. They settled in San Diego, California.

He died on June 2, 1982, in San Diego, California.

Legacy His papers are archived at the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

Publications Superchargers And Supercharging Engines in the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 596–604, August 1920 Airplane motors: A course of practical instruction in their care and overhauling for the use of military aviators by George Eustace Amyot Hallett