“Who’s Who in American Aeronautics”
John Lansing Callan CALLAN, JOHN LANSING, Commercial Aviator; born. Cohoes, N. Y., June 8. 1886; son of Peter J. Callan and Frances (Jones) Callan. Educated,: Albany MilitaryAcademe. Professional: 1905-1906, National' Exchange Bank, Albany, N. Y.; 1911-1917, Curtiss Aeroplane Co. as exhibition pilot, instructor, both land and water planes ; Chief Inspector, Inspector of Construction of planes for Army and Navy; Sales Department, and representative in Italy, assisting in the organization of a factory in Italy for the manufacture of Curtiss machines.