BERYL KENDRICK 1891-1919

 

"Lost His Way in Dense Fog, Beryl Kendrick Fails in Attempt to Fly from Albany, N. Y., to Capr hatteras in Hydro-Aeroplane," The Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: Friday October 29, 1915, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 10-14-09 "Ocean City, Md.,Oct. 28. - Beryl H. Kendrick, who left Albany, N. Y., at 8:30 o'clock this morning in a hydro-aeroplane in an attempt to fly to Cape Hatteras, N. C., lost his was in a dense fog after passing Seaside Park, N. J., and when overtaken by darkness was obliged to land in Assawoman bay near here. The trip to Hatteras will be abandoned and Kendrick with his machine will leave tomorrow for New York. Kendrick followed the Hudson river from Albany to New York City and then flew down the Jersey coast. Several stops were made during the day for gasoline and to adjust machinery, the last one being in the Atlantic ocean, eighteen miles southeast of Cape Henlopec. Sighting a fishing smack off shore the aviator alighted nearby and replenished his supply of fuel from the fisherman. Other stops were made at Poughkeepsie, Dodd's ferry and Atlantic Highlands. Kendrick made the flight in competition for the Curtiss marine flying trophy and a cash prize. He was accompanied by Frank Mills. Kendrick, who represented the Aero Club of America, landed here at 5:30, covering in the nine hours approximately 350 miles. The competition is open until October 31, when the aviator having the greatest number of miles to his credit in a 10-hour flight will be awarded the trophy and a cash prize of $1,000. Up to date the record is held by David H. McCulloch of Newport, Pa., who covered 480 miles in seven hours, forty-five minnutes. Mc Culloch also representerd the Aero Club of America.

 

FLYING LIFEBOATS from FLYING, September 21, 1916      FLYING LIFEBOATS are now in use at Atlantic City, and one has already effected a rescue. A bather drifted a quarter of a mile out to sea on an inflated tyre. The captain of the beach control sighted him, and started off in Beryl Kendrick's flying boat. The bather was soon picked up and brought ashore, where he received medical attention. Two flytng boats, owned respectively by Kenneth Jacquith and Kendrick, are now as a result officially a part of the life-saving equipment of this district.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Beryl Kendrick" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (10-15-09), you will find about 10 links, two of which are very interesting.

 

TWO FLIERS KILLED AS THRONGS WATCH FALL OF SEAPLANE      On this website, which is devoted to the story of E.K. Jaquith, you will find the complete newspaper account of the death of Kendrick and his passenger on May 24, 1919. You may want to use the "FIND" function on "Beryl" to locate the story on the page.

 

RIDING THE WHIRLWIND Full Text of "UNICORNS"      "This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other maiginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you."      This is the entry point to the complete Chapter XXIX of the book by James Huneker published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1917. To find the beginning of the story you may want to use the "FIND" function on "XXIX" You will find that Beryl is mentioned once about the middle of the rather long, but interesting chapter.

 

Beryl crashed and died on May 21, 1919   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back