The Hartford Aero Club was established in October of 1908 and was still active into the 1930s. Hiram Maxim was the club’s first President.
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According to The Norwich Bulletin, February 22, 1910, the club purchased a “new biplane glider airship”, called The Hartford No.1.
Comment On The Future Of Air Travel – 1906
Comment On The Future Of Air Travel – 1906
While aviation accidents and fatalities connected to balloon travel had already occurred at the time this was published, the first airplane fatality was still in the future. The first person to perish in a powered airplane accident was Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge on September 17, 1908.
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The Rising Sun
Kansas City, Mo.
August 30, 1906