Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson in 1910 received orders to report to the Curtiss Aviation Camp at North Island, California, to begin receiving flight instruction under Glenn Curtiss.  He was officially designated in 1914 as Navy Air Pilot Number One.  Later, the Navy  changed his and other early Navy pilots designations to Naval Aviator. <i>Naval History and Heritage Command</i>
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