1881-1911 AKA Frank Payne |
Transcribed by Nancy Mess, 6-3-04 WASHINGTON POST, Washington DC Aero Decapitates Woman. . . Bridgeport, Conn. March 3 -Frank Paine, a local aviator, received injuries while flying here today that will prevent his making further ascensions for a month. 1911, Mar 4 GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, PA Biplane Turns Turtle in Midair During Test Flight. . . and same text printed in: FREDERICK NEWS, Frederick, MD Aviator Fatally Hurt by 50-Foot Fall. Bridgeport, Conn. March 4. -While tuning up a Curtiss biplane at Seaside park, preparatory to making an exhibition flight, Frank Paine, thirty years old, lost control of his machine and dropped fifty feet to the ground. His machine was totally wrecked, and when Paine was extricated from the debris he was rushed to the hospital in a dying condition. He has internal injuries, one thigh was broken, and it is believed his skull was fractured. He had flown about half a mile at an average height of fifty feet when something went wrong with the machine. It turned turtle in midair and dropped straight to the ground between two trees. There was hardly a part of the biplane that wasn't torn or splintered and beneath the heap of wreckage Paine was so tangled that it was fully five minutes before he could be gotten out. No hope is held out for the aviator's recovery. 1911, Sep 15 GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, PA . . and same text printed in: ADAMS COUNTY NEWS, Gettysburg, PA Wilkes-Barre Aviator Hurt. Albion, NY. Sept. 15 -Frank Paine, an aviator from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was probably fatally injured in making a flight from the Orleans county fairgrounds. Paine made his first run across the field without developing speed enough to take the air. On his second attempt he had ascended not over thirty feet when he suddenly stopped the engine, with the evident intention of descending. The aeroplane turned turtle and crashed to the ground, pinning Paine under the wreckage. He was unconscious when removed to a hospital. 1911, Sep 16 COSHECTON DAILY AGE, Coshocton, OH Aviator Fatally injured. Albion, NY. Sept 16 -A fall of 30 feet in his aeroplane at the Orleans county fair will probably prove fatal to Frank Paine, aviator, from Wilkes-Barre. He was pinned in the wreckage. |
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Aviation Industry in Connecticut Hamilton of New Britain was the first. Chucking his dirigible, he learned to fly airplanes under the great Glenn H. Curtiss in late 1909 and within six months his daring flight exhibitions throughout the United States made him perhaps the best known America flyer at that time. When on July 2, 1910 Hamilton returned to his hometown, New Britain, to show the home folks what flying was like, he was already a popular idol. An estimated 50,000 people gathered at New Britain to watch him make the first public flight in the State. Soon New Britain and Bridgeport became the centers of aviation in the State. The faint beginnings of an industry occurred at New Britain when Nelson built, flew and sold several Curtiss-type airplanes between 1911 and 1914. A dozen or more obscure persons in New Britain feverishly rushed construction of airplanes mostly of their own designs. None could surpass Hamilton and Nelson in flying skill or Nelson in construction. The promise of an aviation industry at New Britain faded when Nelson and his partner, Aaron Cohen, failed to win a U.S. Government contract to build Nelson-designed airplanes. Harvey Lippincott in 1977 at the Meeting of the Association for the Study of Connecticut History. It is made available through the courtesy of THE NEW ENGLAND AIR MUSEUM I highly recommed that you visit this site. It is a treasure of articles and photos for fans of aviation. |
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Daily Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: September 15, 1911, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 12-14-03 Bob Davis |
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