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Class of 1897 May be viewed at: Fitchburg Historical Society |
via email from Roy Nagl, 12-30-05 Just by accident, while looking for crash photos of biplanes, I stumbled across a photo, on the "El Paso, Illinois Postcards" web site, of early aviator Harry Powers and his Curtiss biplane, before he crashed it, at the El Paso Fair, in Illinois, on September 11, 1911. The link to the photo is at Harry Powers and to the description on El Paso, Illinois Postcards "Harry Powers, in this Curtiss biplane, attempted to take off on September 11, 1911, but crashed demolishing the plane. He was performing for the El Paso Fair, and this crash is believed to be the first plane crash in Central Illinois. Powers was not seriously injured." I didn't notice a web page for Harry Powers on your web site, but Tom Yanul mentions him in a communication that you posted on your web page about Johnny Green. |
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Origin, Operation, Obscurity and Legacy - 1891 to 1916 If time is limited, you may want to use the FIND function on "Harry W. Powers" to locate the several instances of his story on the page. |
"Harry W. Powers of Oshkosh conferred with the officers of the Waupaca Advancement Association, Wednesday, and selected the open space east of Berlin street, known as Demarest field, as the best place for starting and descending in case he makes a contract to "fly" in Waupaca during the home-coming event to be held in this city September 5 and 6." You can access the page by clicking on the title above. |
"On May 21, 1919, Second Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger received a telegram from Harry W. Powers, Belmont Park airmail field manager regarding an errant flight of Charles Bradley. According to his telegram, "Bradley forced to land at Bath Beach, Brooklyn account fog. Everything OK. Mail sent to Bath Beach Post Office to be forwarded to New York. Low ceiling here." So far I haven't been able to confirm that he is the subject of this page, but I suspect that he is. You can access the article by clicking on the title above. |
Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper Back |