Carl Cover

Carl Anson Cover
Photo Courtesy of Hawaiian Airlines Archives
Born	(1893-04-26)26 April 1893 Roxbury, Pennsylvania, US
Died	27 November 1944(1944-11-27) (aged 51) Dayton, Ohio, US
Cause of death	Plane Crash
Known for	Test Pilot/Aero-Space Executive
Spouse	Mina "Minette" Jeanette Miller
Children	2
Aviation career
Famous flights	First test flight for the DC-1, DC-2, DC-3, DC-4, DC-5
Air force	United States Army Air Service United States Army Air Corps United States Army Air Forces
Battles	World War I World War II
Rank	Colonel

Carl Anson Cover (26 April 1893 – 27 November 1944) was the chief test pilot and first to fly the Douglas Aircraft Company DC-1, DC-2, DC-3, DC-4, and the DC-5 airliners. Cover became Senior Vice President and general manager for Douglas Aircraft and later Vice President of Bell Aircraft.