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PIONEERS ALL!
SANTOS-DUMONT IN HIS AIR-SHIP "NO 6" ROUNDING THE EIFFEL TOWER
ON HIS PRIZE WINNING TRIP
Santos - Dumont in his Airship #6 rounding the Eiffel
Tower winning Deutsch prize.
1901-1935
T. O. M. Sopwith, outstanding British pilot and plane
builder.
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AMELIA EARHART WITH PLANE
Amelia Earhart, famous aviatrix, first woman to fly the
Atlantic.
C. P. Rodgers' "Vin Fizz" 1911, 1st. Cross Country
flight, N. Y. to L. A.
VINAFIZ
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Santos-Dumont of Brazil pioneered powered balloon
flights in Paris in 1898. Oct. 19, 1901 he won the
Deutsch prize of 100,000 francs by flying his #"6" from
St. Cloud, around the Eiffel Tower and back. On Sept.
13, 1906 he made the first airplane flight in Europe.
His pupil, Aida de Acosta, a true pioneer, flew his
airpship over Paris in 1903. ( See Honor Pioneers set
is pupil, Aida de Acosta, a true pioneer om flew his
# 16)
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T.O.M. Sopwith soloed at Brooklands, Oct. 22, 1910.
He rated next to C. Grahame-White as top pilot for
1910 after setting a distance record, Eastchurch to
Thirimont, Belgium, which lasted for four years. (193
miles). He built the famed Sopwith planes of WWI.
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Amelia Earhart pioneer aviatrix, flew solo across the
Atlantic, Newfoundland to Ireland, May 20-21, 1932.
She flew on Jan. 11, 1935 from Hawaii to California.
May 20, 1937 she started a world flight with navigator,
Fred Noonan. They were forced down and lost near
Howland Island..
Published by Roy Votaw
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CA 49 days 10 hours and the first Westsee Honor Pio
Calbraith P. Rodgers, first to fly across the U. S., flew
a Wright airplane called the "Vin Fizz" from Sheeps-
head Bay, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1911, to Los Angeles,
CA 49 days later, Nov.5 1911. Actual flying time
was 3 days, 10 hours and 14 minutes. Robert Fowler,
another Early Bird, made the first West to East crossing,
California to Florida, later in 1911. (See Honor Pione-
ers set #12)
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