Wilmer Stultz was born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

Williamsburg in Morrisons Cove, is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,345 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. He was a pioneering pilot. On March 5, 1928, Stultz, Oliver Colin LeBoutillier

Oliver Colin LeBoutillier

Captain Oliver Colin LeBoutillier was a World War I aviator who witnessed the death of Manfred von Richthofen...

 and Mabel Boll

Mabel Boll

Mabel Boll , known as the "Queen of Diamonds", was an American socialite involved in the early days of record-setting flights in the 1920s. She garnered nicknames from the press, including "Broadway’s most beautiful blonde" and "$250,000-a-day bride".- Early life :Mabel Boll was short, dark-eyed,...

 on a improvised seat, made the first non-stop flight in the Columbia between New York City and Havana, Cuba. Stultz was the pilot on June 18, 1928 when Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...

became the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic. Stultz died in 1929 during a test flight at age 30.