Ernie C. Hall was born October 31, 1890 in Gustavus, Ohio.  The Hall family relocated to Warren, Ohio and lived in the Packard House during his youth.

He designed, engineered and built his first aircraft at the age of 19.

Ernie made his first flight in a heavier-than-air type aero-plane in a modified Bleriot Model Xl on August 30, 1911 at the age of 21.

Ernie met the Wright Brothers for the first time in 1912 during which they shared experiences concerning the safety, construction, performance and reliability of aircraft designs.

Ernie was hired as a flight instructor, his first aviation job, by the Curtiss Exhibition Company of Newport News, Virginia.

Ernie joined the Aviation Section of the Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio as a flight instructor.  He then moved on to Call Field in Wichita Falls, Texas where he trained over 500 cadet pilots by the end of World War I. 

Following the end of WW1 Ernie was Director of the Bureau of Aeronautics for the State of Ohio. He also became a member of the "Early Birds," a distinguished group of select military and general aviation aviators including the Wright Brothers, Paul Garber, George Scragg and many others.

Ernie was recognized for unparalleled efforts in aviation and appointed as Ambassador of Aviation for Ohio by the Director for the Bureau of Aeronautics, Martin L. Davie.

Throughout his career Ernie had the honor of meeting industrial innovators and revolutionaries such as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and Charles Kettering at Orville Wright's birthday party in Dayton, Ohio.

Ernie had many notable honors, achievements, and recognition through the years:

• Pilot Instructor for Jimmy Doolittle and Lt. Albert J. Price (both future Air Force generals who were Mr. Hall's previous World War I military students.)

• Named "Mr. OX-5 of 1958" by the international organization of veteran pilots who flew aircraft powered by the famous Curtiss OX-5 engines built before World War l. He was also elected Board of Governors of the OX-5 Club.

• Singularly honored at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. by the US Air Force.

• His monoplane was on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. prior to being relocated to the U.S. Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio.

Ernie was honored by multiple news affiliates for his 50 years of aviation.

Ernie was proclaimed the oldest practicing flight  instructor in the World at 80.

Ernest C. Hall passed away in Warren, Ohio on December 8, 1972 at the age of 82 and is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Vienna, Ohio.