DeLoyd "Dutch" Thompson was a pioneering aviator of the early 20th century. He was born in 1888 and grew up in Buffalo Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. As a pilot, he was part of the tradition of "exhibition" pilots, travelling throughout countrysides and entertaining with their aeronautical feats. That same year, he broke the air speed record over Long Island by traveling 108.4 mph. He was the second American to loop an airplane. He invented the undertaker's drop, a famous airplane maneuver. He was the second aviator in the world to sky-write with an airplane.