James Dorris Greer

This website presents the life and aviation career of James Dorris “Joe” Greer, an early pilot whose work connected crop dusting, barnstorming, and the beginnings of Delta Air Service. Compiled by his son and grandson from family scrapbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings, it preserves material about aviation’s early years and Greer’s place in them. The site follows his career chronologically, from building his first airplane and joining Huff-Daland Dusters to flying in Peru, performing in aerial circuses, and working for Delta and other aviation employers.

It highlights Greer’s role as pilot on the westbound legs of Delta’s first passenger flight in 1929 and his selection to fly the airline’s first inaugural flight from Monroe to Atlanta in 1934. Later chapters cover his work with organizations including the U. S.

Weather Bureau, Chicago and Southern Air Lines, Pan American Air Ferries, National Airlines, and Lockheed. The site also documents his post-1944 return to agricultural aviation, establishment of Ellenton Airport, and operation of a flight school and aircraft overhaul facility