Richard C. du Pont (1911-1943) was an aviator and businessman. In 1938, he purchaseds stock of an inactive company called All American Aviation, Inc. and became President. All American Aviation was originally incorporated by Dr. Lytle S. Adams (1881–1970), who had been experimenting with aerial pick-up devices since the 1920s. Adams was retained as Vice President.

Richard C. du Pont was born in Wilmington, Delaware to Alexis Felix du Pont (1879–1948) and Mary Chichester (1878–1965). He expressed a keen interest in flight early on but his focus coalesced in glider planes, which would become the focus of professional life. In 1934, Richard du Pont married Helena Allaire Crozer (1913-2006, after marriage is known as Allaire C. du Pont.

Founding All American Aviation in 1939, Richard C. du Pont oversaw company operations as president, with a primary focus of its production being glider plans and a proposed air mail pick up system. During World War II, his expertise in piloting gliders was called upon by the U.S. military in their research as a civilian advisor to the glider program. It was in this capacity as advisor to the U.S. military that Richard was killed in a glider accident in California in 1943.

All American Aviation, Inc., was renamed All American Airways, Inc., on September 20, 1948, in response to its evolution into a conventional airline. On January 2, 1953, it spun off its engineering and research units and became Allegheny Airlines, Inc. It was renamed USAir, Inc., on October 28, 1979.

Richard C. du Pont (1911-1943) and Allaire C. du Pont (1913-2006) son Richard C. du Pont, Junior or 'Kip' (1937–1986), founded Summit Aviation in 1960, which offered a variety of aviation services in Middletown, Delaware. An accomplished flyer, Kip du Pont ran the company as well as an additional airfreight carrier line until his death in 1986.