Английская Википедия:1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet
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The 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet (August 12 to August 20, 1911) was major aviation show held at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States in August 1911.[1][2]
Lincoln Beachey set a world altitude record of 11,642 feet at the meet.[3]
William R. Badger and St. Croix Johnstone[4] both died in aviation accidents at the meet.[5] The wings on Badger's biplane collapsed when he tried to pull out of dive too late, and Johnstone crashed into Lake Michigan after his engine failed.[1]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Souter, Gerry (28 June 2010) Guts and Glory: The Last Great Aerial Tournament, Chicago History Journal, Retrieved December 2, 2015
- ↑ The Chicago daily news almanac and year book for 1912, 362–63 (1911)
- ↑ Lynch, Christopher. Chicago's Midway Airport: the first seventy-five years (2002) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- ↑ St. Croix Johnstone; EarlyAviators.com Retrieved October 9, 2017
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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