Abraham Whalomie Raygorodsky

Biography

He was born on June 4, 1884, in Russia. He trained at the Farman flying school in Paris and received his pilot's certificate from the Aero Club of France around 1910. He then emigrated to the United States. In 1914 he attempted to win a $50,000 prize from Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe. His Daily Mail aviation prize was for the first transatlantic flight.