John H. Livingston the age of 76. Livingston was inducted into the Iowa aviation Hall of Fame in 1995. His Waco taperwing has been donated to the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin where it has been restored. John Livingston is considered to be the inspiration and namesake for the book and film "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by author and pilot Richard Bach. Livingston-Betsworth Field, as well as the fixed-based operator at the Waterloo, Iowa municipal airport, are named in his honor. John H. Livingston John H. Livingston (1897–1974) was an American aviator and air race pilot of the 1920s and 1930s. Livingston placed
HMS Seagull (1805) On 19 June 1808, off the Naze of Norway in the vicinity of the port of Kristiansand, "Seagull" chased the Dano-Norwegian brig "Lougen", which was armed with 18 short 18-pounder guns and two long 6-pounder guns. "Lougen", under the command of 1st Lieutenant Peter Frederik Wulff (1774-1842), tried to stand off "Seagull" to take advantage of the longer range of her 18-pounders relative to the range of "Seagull"s 24-pounder carronades. The chase brought both vessels close in shore where the breeze was lessening to a near calm. "Seagull" tried to get between "Lougen" and the shore to prevent the Dane