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.

[6] One of Cover's initial tasks was to fly Inter-Island Airways' first airplane, a Bellanca Pacemaker, from Delaware to San Francisco where it was shipped to Hawaii.

Cover, Kennedy, and Elliott, all being WWI veterans, decided on Armistice Day to be the inaugural scheduled airline flight between the Hawaiian Islands.

On 11 November 1929, Elliott and Cover flew Inter-Island Airways' Sikorsky S-38 amphibious seaplanes in formation from Honolulu to Maui, then on to Hilo, introducing air travel to the residents and visitors of Hawaii.

[6] Major Cover left the Army and Inter-Island Airways in 1930 to become a test pilot for the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California.

[8][9] In 1931, a TWA Fokker F-10 tri-motor airplane had a fatal crash killing Notre Dame University football coach Knute Rockne.

TWA's Jack Frye lead the campaign for aircraft manufacturers to develop rugged airliners using metal construction.

Cover safely managed to get the airplane back on the ground after a short 12-minute flight, to find the carburetors had been installed backwards.

During World War II, General Hap Arnold requested that Cover return to active duty and help with the production and testing of the B-29 Superfortress.

In September 1944, Cover accepted an offer from Bell Aircraft as Vice President and the civilian general manager of Plant 6.