Noel Bullock

HE WAS LAST SEEN IN THE GULF OF

California, standing on the tail of his downed airliner, brandishing a pistol and preparing to defend his passengers from circling sharks. But before his disappearance at age 35, the aviator, businessman, and race car driver from Nebraska made his mark on history.

Noel Bullock was born March 31, 1899, in Franklin, Nebraska, to a pioneer family already established in the hardware and funeral businesses. The Bullocks would later