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Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight, CBE, MC, DFC, FRSA, FRGS (6 November 1912 – 5 April 1979) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman, and a member of the prominent Whitney family of the United States.
El Miles M.11 Whitney Straight fue un monoplano de cabina biplaza de los años 30, diseñado y producido por el constructor aeronáutico británico Miles Aircraft Ltd. Fue llamado así por Whitney Straight, piloto de carreras del Grand Prix, aviador y hombre de negocios.
Whitney W. Straight fue uno de los primeros team managers que transportaba su equipo material y humano en aeroplanos que pilotaba él mismo; también disponía de tres camiones Dodge.
Whitney Straight had a great interest in flying and motor racing. At the age of 16 he became England's youngest licensed pilot. Studying at Cambridge he became friends with a motor racing interested student named Dick Seaman and Straight decided to start racing, too.
Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight CBE, MC, DFC was a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman, and a member of the prominent Whitney family of the United States. Whitney Willard Straight was born in New York to American parents in 1912, the elder of two sons and a daughter.
7 de jul. de 2014 · During the war Straight achieved high rank, as Air Commodore Sir Whitney Willard Straight, CBE, MC, DFC. Afterwards he turned his attention to commerce, becoming head of British Overseas Airways Corporation and joining Rolls-Royce PLC at Derby in 1955, as Chairman. He died in 1979.
Whitney Straight was a wealthy American who became a successful and daring racing driver and team owner in Europe in the 1930s. He also flew planes for the RAF in World War II and helped design the Miles Whitney Straight aircraft.
