Arch Hoxsey, Frank Coffyn, and Ralph Johnstone, Members of the Wright Exhibition Flying Team, 1910
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Frank Coffyn, Arch Hoxsey, and Ralph Johnstone all flew for the Wright brothers' exhibition team. Hoxsey and Johnstone had a friendly rivalry setting altitude records, and the press dubbed them the "heavenly twins." Both were killed in separate crashes in 1910. Coffyn trained military pilots during World War I, got involved with helicopters, and died -- of natural causes -- in 1960.
Frank Coffyn, Arch Hoxsey, and Ralph Johnstone all flew for the Wright brothers' exhibition team. Hoxsey and Johnstone had a friendly rivalry setting altitude records, and the press dubbed them the "heavenly twins." Both were killed in separate crashes in 1910. Coffyn trained military pilots during World War I, got involved with helicopters, and died -- of natural causes -- in 1960.
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Subject Date
1910
Creators
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.256.12
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)
Inscriptions
on front, lower edge: 1119 / HOXSEY / COFFYN / JOHNSTONE
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