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- Pilot Walter Brookins, 1910 - 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.
- 1910
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Pilot Walter Brookins, 1910
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.
- Crash of the Wright Model R "Baby Grand" Flown by Walter Brookins at the International Aviation Tournament, 1910 - 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.
- October 29, 1910
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Crash of the Wright Model R "Baby Grand" Flown by Walter Brookins at the International Aviation Tournament, 1910
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 Making the First Recorded Night Flight, May 25, 1910 -
- May 25, 1910
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Walter Brookins Making the First Recorded Night Flight, May 25, 1910
- Ernest L. Jones Early Aviation Scrapbook, vol. 2 of 7 (B-C) - Ernest L. Jones transformed his early interest in aeronautics into a lifelong career devoted to civil and military aviation. Jones edited and published several aeronautical magazines, promoted and improved air transportation operations, and served in military air services during both world wars. Jones's scrapbooks document the early development of aviation in the United States.
- 1904-1916
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Ernest L. Jones Early Aviation Scrapbook, vol. 2 of 7 (B-C)
Ernest L. Jones transformed his early interest in aeronautics into a lifelong career devoted to civil and military aviation. Jones edited and published several aeronautical magazines, promoted and improved air transportation operations, and served in military air services during both world wars. Jones's scrapbooks document the early development of aviation in the United States.