# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bertrand-blanchard-acosta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:00:17.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bertrand-blanchard-acosta"
name: "Bertrand Blanchard Acosta"
slug: "bertrand-blanchard-acosta"
description: "Bertrand Blanchard Acosta was a record-setting aviator and test pilot. He and Clarence D. Chamberlin set an endurance record of 51 hours, 11 minutes, and 25 seconds in the air. He later flew in the Spanish Civil War in the Yankee Squadron. He was known as the \"bad boy of the air\". He received numerous fines and suspensions for flying stunts such as flying under bridges or flying too close to buildings."
tagline: "American aviator (1895–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bert_Acosta_(1895-1954)_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1895-01-01"
deathDate: "1954-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.210872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Bert Acosta"
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    title: "بيرت أكوستا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيرت اكوستا"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Acosta"
    title: "Bert Acosta"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Blanchard_Acosta"
    title: "Bertrand Blanchard Acosta"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Acosta"
    title: "Bert Acosta"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Acosta"
    title: "Bert Acosta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2899473"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump