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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.
- 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.
- "Weakening SOS Signals Set Ships on Hunt for Amelia Earhart," July 1937 - When Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island, a planned stop on their 1937 around-the-world flight, United States Navy and Coast Guard crews launched an intensive search effort. When the official search ended after 17 days, Earhart's husband, George Putnam, financed an additional private effort. No trace of Earhart, Noonan or their Lockheed Electra was found.
- July 01, 1937
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"Weakening SOS Signals Set Ships on Hunt for Amelia Earhart," July 1937
When Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island, a planned stop on their 1937 around-the-world flight, United States Navy and Coast Guard crews launched an intensive search effort. When the official search ended after 17 days, Earhart's husband, George Putnam, financed an additional private effort. No trace of Earhart, Noonan or their Lockheed Electra was found.
- Stout and Ford Airplanes at Ford Airport, circa 1925 - Bill Stout built his first tri-motor airplane, the 3-AT, in late 1925, not long after Henry Ford purchased his Stout Metal Airplane Company. The 3-AT, seen several times in this clip, was a failure. The prototype was destroyed in a fire in January 1926. The disastrous 3-AT informed the design of the considerably more successful 4-AT -- the celebrated Ford Tri-Motor.
- circa 1925
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Stout and Ford Airplanes at Ford Airport, circa 1925
Bill Stout built his first tri-motor airplane, the 3-AT, in late 1925, not long after Henry Ford purchased his Stout Metal Airplane Company. The 3-AT, seen several times in this clip, was a failure. The prototype was destroyed in a fire in January 1926. The disastrous 3-AT informed the design of the considerably more successful 4-AT -- the celebrated Ford Tri-Motor.