Crash of the Wright Model R "Baby Grand" Flown by Walter Brookins at the International Aviation Tournament, 1910
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Walter Brookins grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and was a student of Katharine Wright's. He joined the Wright brothers' exhibition flying team and, on July 10, 1910, became the first person to fly at an altitude over one mile high. Brookins survived a crash at the 1910 Gordon Bennett Air Race when the V-8 engine in his Wright "Baby Grand" airplane failed.
Walter Brookins grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and was a student of Katharine Wright's. He joined the Wright brothers' exhibition flying team and, on July 10, 1910, became the first person to fly at an altitude over one mile high. Brookins survived a crash at the 1910 Gordon Bennett Air Race when the V-8 engine in his Wright "Baby Grand" airplane failed.
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Date Made
1910
Subject Date
29 October 1910
Creators
Keywords
United States, New York, Long Island, Belmont Park
International Aviation Tournament (1910 : Belmont Park, Long Island, N.Y.)
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.256.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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