in New Castle, Delaware. In 1937, he demonstrated Burnelli Aircraft in England and Europe for Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft Company of Southampton, England. He worked for Cunliffe-Owen until the late 1930s testing military aircraft. He was discharged from the RAF in 1946 and continued his career as a commercial pilot. As part of his work, he pioneered commercial flight paths and developed better aircraft. He was instrument-rated to fly any plane, single or multi-engine, land or sea, and had logged more than 24,000 flight hours over his 40 years of piloting. Pangborn died in 1958 and was laid to rest with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His papers are archived at Washington State University. and the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Pangborn was enshrined as a member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1995. See also Adventurers' Club of New York References 1890s births 1958 deaths American flight instructors Aviators from Idaho Aviators from Washington (state) Aviation pioneers Barnstormers Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Commercial aviators Harmon Trophy winners People from Lincoln County, Idaho People from Douglas County, Washington United States airmail pilots United States Army Air Forces officers United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II