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Lieut. Leighton W. Hazelhurst, Jr., of the Seventeenth Infantry, one of the most promising of the younger aviators of the army, and Al Welsh, one of the most daring professional aviators in America, were instantly killed in a flight at the Army Aviation School at College Park, Md., at 6:30 o'clock
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was killed in an identical crash. Although the team had lost its star fliers, newer pilots trained by Welsh joined the team and continued performing around the country at 25 locations.
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Pilots were paid $ 20 per week and $ 50 a day when flying. By August there were five separate teams flying at one time with $ 186,000 in receipts.
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Philip Parmelee, the aviator, was killed here today while giving an exhibition flight from the fair grounds. Parmalee was the flying partner of
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Walter Brookins, pioneer aviator and leading aviation figure, died today at his home after an illness of four months. His age was ...
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Troubled by the deaths of the pilots, the Wrights disbanded the group in November 1911.
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1911 November – The Wrights release the team, keeping Welsh on as a test pilot.
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1910 December – Walter Brookins performs at Dominguez Field, Los Angeles.
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1910 November – Ralph Johnstone dies at Denver's Overland park.
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The team made its first public appearance on June 13, 1910 at the
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The group was formed in 1910 at the suggestion of balloonist
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1911 May – Walter Brookins leaves the flight team.
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After attempting another altitude record over Denver's
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The team performed aerial shows and set records for
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Thursday, killing two persons and injuring fifteen.
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Frank Trenholm Coffyn
A. Roy Knabenshue
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
Wright brothers
Wright Flying School
Montgomery, Alabama
Augustus Roy Knabenshue
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
altitude
Ralph Johnstone
Overland Park
Walter Richard Brookins
New Year's Eve
Arch Hoxsey
Leonard Warden Bonney
Walter Richard Brookins
Frank Trenholm Coffyn
Howard Gill
Archibald Hoxsey
Ralph Johnstone
Augustus Roy Knabenshue
Philip Orin Parmelee
James Clifford Turpin
Arthur L. Welsh
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Wright Baby Grand
Arch Hoxsey
Chicago, Illinois

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