George R. Hutchinson

George Hutchinson was working as a bank teller in Baltimore, Maryland when he married Blanche Delcher (1902 - October 24, 1995[2]) in 1922.

In 1930, Hutchinson bought a Lockheed Sirius monoplane he named Richmond, Virginia after his home town, trading in his smaller Stinson Junior as part of the purchase.

He intended to use the Sirius, a sleek single-seat aircraft, to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a faster time than Charles Lindbergh had in 1927.

The Richmond, Virginia was sold to recover debts and was eventually to be rebuilt as the Altair Lady Southern Cross.

[7] Despite the early cancellation of the flight, an NBC radio dramatisation was subsequently produced, starring the family themselves.