Born on 19 March 1901 and raised in Seoul, he is believed to have been inspired to learn to fly after having seen an aerobatics demonstration by American pilot Art Smith in 1916 or 1917.[1] However, his beginnings was quite unorthodox: after stealing his stepmother's money, he ran away from home. Using the stolen money, he traveled to Japan at which he attended a driving school and graduated successfully.[2]
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In 1920, he graduated from Japan's Okuri Aviation School in Susaki (present-day Kōtō, Tokyo).[3] He passed his examinations to obtain a basic pilot's permit the following year.[2]
An borrowed a single-engine plane from the Okuri Aviation School and on December 10, 1922, flew the plane over the Yeouido island. Though it was not the first public plane flight in Korea, roughly 50,000 people visited Yeouido island to watch the first Korean fly a plane in his motherland. The flight was relatively simple, with An simply circling over the crowd. Following the display, he additionally flew in Seoul and made flight to Incheon. However, due to bad weather, plans to fly to more cities was cancelled.[2] On his homecoming flight, he landed at the same airport he took off in.[4]Donga Ilbo, a major Korean newspaper at the time, sponsored An's flights and documented his aviations and achievements. He returned to Japan after his flights over Korea in late December of the same year.[2]
In 1925, An was forced to evacuate to China after facing oppression in Japan. Tokyo earthquake of 1923 and the subsequent anti-Korean riots may have played a major factor in his decision. After few years of residing at China(in which Korean nationalism prospered), he began to advocate for Korean independence movement. Despite his newfound activities, An's involvement in aviation did not end here. He established a flying school in response to an offer from Chinese warlords. An died while on a flight that crashed in April 1930. Although the cause of the accident was not supported by evidence, some historians speculate that foul play by Japanese officials may have been involved.[2]
chang, this, korean, name, family, name, march, 1901, april, 1930, first, korean, aviator, plane, within, korean, peninsula, 1920skorean, namehangul안창남hanja安昌男revised, romanizationan, changnammccune, reischaueran, contents, early, life, career, also, reference. In this Korean name the family name is An An Chang nam 19 March 1901 2 April 1930 was the first Korean aviator to fly a plane within the Korean peninsula An Chang namAn in the 1920sKorean nameHangul안창남Hanja安昌男Revised RomanizationAn ChangnamMcCune ReischauerAn Ch ang nam Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editBorn on 19 March 1901 and raised in Seoul he is believed to have been inspired to learn to fly after having seen an aerobatics demonstration by American pilot Art Smith in 1916 or 1917 1 However his beginnings was quite unorthodox after stealing his stepmother s money he ran away from home Using the stolen money he traveled to Japan at which he attended a driving school and graduated successfully 2 Career editIn 1920 he graduated from Japan s Okuri Aviation School in Susaki present day Kōtō Tokyo 3 He passed his examinations to obtain a basic pilot s permit the following year 2 An borrowed a single engine plane from the Okuri Aviation School and on December 10 1922 flew the plane over the Yeouido island Though it was not the first public plane flight in Korea roughly 50 000 people visited Yeouido island to watch the first Korean fly a plane in his motherland The flight was relatively simple with An simply circling over the crowd Following the display he additionally flew in Seoul and made flight to Incheon However due to bad weather plans to fly to more cities was cancelled 2 On his homecoming flight he landed at the same airport he took off in 4 Donga Ilbo a major Korean newspaper at the time sponsored An s flights and documented his aviations and achievements He returned to Japan after his flights over Korea in late December of the same year 2 In 1925 An was forced to evacuate to China after facing oppression in Japan Tokyo earthquake of 1923 and the subsequent anti Korean riots may have played a major factor in his decision After few years of residing at China in which Korean nationalism prospered he began to advocate for Korean independence movement Despite his newfound activities An s involvement in aviation did not end here He established a flying school in response to an offer from Chinese warlords An died while on a flight that crashed in April 1930 Although the cause of the accident was not supported by evidence some historians speculate that foul play by Japanese officials may have been involved 2 He was posthumously awarded South Korea s Order of Merit for National Foundation in 2003 1 See also editKwon Ki ok Seo Wal boReferences edit a b Min Gyeong myeong 2002 12 13 우리나라 상공 날은 한국인 최초의 비행사 언론학자에 의해 새로 태어난 안창남 An Chang nam the first Korean pilot to fly in our country s skies born again in the discussions of scholars Chungcheong Review Archived from the original on 2003 01 26 Retrieved 2007 05 22 a b c d e Lankov Andrei 2012 03 14 An Chang nam First Korean pilot who became national hero The Korea Times Retrieved 2023 03 16 우리나라 최초의 여류 비행사 박경원 Our country s first female pilot Park Kyung won Arirang News 1999 12 25 Archived from the original on 2006 01 18 Retrieved 2007 05 23 Kim Min gu 2005 10 22 여의도가 높아진다 Yeouido becoming more expensive The Chosun Ilbo Archived from the original on 2006 02 28 Retrieved 2007 05 23 External links editThe An Chang nam Memorial Society Entry for An Chang nam on Empas nbsp This Korean biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article related to aviation is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title An Chang nam amp oldid 1211006147, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
