Ralph Johnstone

For the Canadian politician and farmer, see Ralph Johnstone (politician).
Ralph Greenley Johnstone
Born
Ralph Greenley Johnstone

(1880-09-18)September 18, 1880 [1]
Parsons, Kansas, U.S
DiedNovember 17, 1910(1910-11-17) (aged 30)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Cause of deathAircrash

Ralph Greenley Johnstone (September 18, 1880 – November 17, 1910) was the first American person to die while piloting an airplane that crashed.[2] He and Archibald Hoxsey were known as the "heavenly twins" for their attempts to break altitude records.

Biography

Johnstone was born on September 18, 1880, in Parsons, Kansas.[1]

Johnstone started as a vaudeville trick bicycle rider who performed a midair forward somersault.[3] He became a Wright exhibition team pilot. On August 17, 1910, he survived a crash at Asbury Park, New Jersey.[4]

On October 27, 1910, the International Aviation Tournament was held at the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, New York. The meet offered $3,750 for the highest altitude, another $1,000 for a world record and a $5,000 bonus for exceeding 10,000 feet. Johnstone set a new American flight altitude record of 8,471 feet.[5] During the flight, a gust of wind forced him to fly backwards, and he landed near Artist Lake in Middle Island, New York.

Johnstone died on November 17, 1910, in Denver, Colorado, in an air crash.[2] Johnstone's Model B was still fairly new. Surviving photos of the wreckage show the parts/components still gleaming with factory fresh paint. Johnstone had damaged the wing of the plane on a previous landing and superficially repaired the wing. Not properly repaired, the wing collapsed during his next high altitude flight, and Johnstone plunged to his death in full view of the crowd.

Legacy

Johnstone was married and had a daughter, Ethel, and a son, Ralph.[6]

A New York State Historic Plaque commemorating the landing at Artist Lake can be found at the lake along New York State Route 25 in Middle Island. On the ground Ralph was pals with Hoxsey and rival Curtiss team member Eugene Ely.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The birth date of September 18, 1880 comes from his July 21, 1904 and September 19, 1905 applications for a United States passport. His March 6, 1902 passport application uses September 18, 1881. His tombstone uses September 18, 1879. The Centennial of Flight commission erroneously says: "Born 1886, Kansas City, Missouri".
  2. ^ a b Richard Stimson. "Ralph Johnstone, Daredevil Wright Pilot". Retrieved 2012-10-19. On November 17 Johnstone's flirting with death came to an end in Denver. He went into a spiraling dive and never pulled out. His body was smashed beyond recognition. He was the first American pilot to die in an airplane crash.
  3. ^ Air & Space. April 2008. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ The New York Times; August 18, 1910; Aeroplane Crashes into an Automobile; Ralph Johnstone Comes to Grief in a Twenty-Mile Wind at Asbury Park. Aviation Field, Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 18, 1910. Wilbur Wright's school of fledgling filers came to grief again this afternoon when they drove another of their teacher's biplanes into the ground, nose on and reduced it to a hopeless mass of kindling wood and canvas.
  5. ^ "Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source". Archived from the original on 2008-04-26.
  6. ^ "Body of Ralph Johnstone to Lie in State: Services for Slain Aviator to be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at Trinity Church". The Kansas City Post. 1910-11-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com. Ralph, aged 6, and Ethel, 4, the children of Ralph Johnstone, the aviator.
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