Chauncey Milton "Chance" Vought (February 26, 1890 in Long Island, New York – July 25, 1930) was an American aviation pioneer and engineer, who was the co-founder of the Lewis and Vought Corporation with Birdseye Lewis.

Born on Long Island, New York, he attended the Pratt Institute, New York University (where he joined Kappa Sigma), and the University of Pennsylvania. He died from sepsis. He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1989.

Chance M. Vought

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Chance Vought at the National Aviation Hall of Fame

Chance Vought in August 1912 at the controls of a Wright Model B

American aerospace engineers

Aviation pioneers

1890 births

1930 deaths

Chance M. Vought

National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees

People from Long Island

Deaths from sepsis

20th-century American engineers

Pratt Institute alumni

New York University alumni

University of Pennsylvania alumni

Chance M. Vought