[1] Stanley worked part time at the Douglas Aircraft Company during the creation of the DC-1 and DC-2 to help finance his education.

[1] While still a student, Stanley created a patent for a mechanically controlled reversible pitch propeller later copied and used by the German Luftwaffe.

[1] After graduating from Cal Tech in 1935, Stanley joined the US Navy and earned his Naval Aviator Wings in 1936.

[3] This glider also set a cross-country record by flying from Elmira, to the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.

[1] He moved Stanley Aviation to Aurora, Colorado, adjacent to Denver’s Stapleton Airport, where he invented and built ejection seats for jet fighter and bomber aircraft.

[7] The plane encountered severe wind-shear on approach to Fort Lauderdale International Airport and broke up in flight.