AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS - Revision history

https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS - Revision history 2026-04-11T08:39:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=155944&oldid=prev Randylyon at 19:51, 17 July 2019 2019-07-17T19:51:38Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:51, 17 July 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Beachey returned to Dubuque on July 20, 1912, with even more reckless stunts. His plunge from seven thousand feet was so swift that spectators heard the plane's wires hum while still high above them. Beachey demonstrated a "figure eight" over Nutwood Park while holding his arms out at right angles to his body and guiding the plane with his feet. Aerial combat techniques later seen in [[WORLD WAR I]] were demonstrated by Beachey and Charles Walsh as they played aerial tag while firing blanks at each other with pistols. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Beachey returned to Dubuque on July 20, 1912, with even more reckless stunts. His plunge from seven thousand feet was so swift that spectators heard the plane's wires hum while still high above them. Beachey demonstrated a "figure eight" over Nutwood Park while holding his arms out at right angles to his body and guiding the plane with his feet. Aerial combat techniques later seen in [[WORLD WAR I]] were demonstrated by Beachey and Charles Walsh as they played aerial tag while firing blanks at each other with pistols. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nutwood Park</del>. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:llooper.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Lincoln Beachey and his “Little Looper”, Hiller Aviation Museum]] </ins>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[NUTWOOD PARK]]</ins>. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the exposition plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J.|Joseph J. NAGLE]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the exposition plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J.|Joseph J. NAGLE]]. </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=99616&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:31, 11 July 2013 2013-07-11T03:31:26Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:31, 11 July 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Entertainers]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Entertainers]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Transportation]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Transportation]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Events]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Events]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Aviation]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Firsts]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Firsts]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=19720&oldid=prev Randylyon at 00:36, 9 February 2010 2010-02-09T00:36:47Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:36, 9 February 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dubuque's next exhibition came on October 19, 1911, when Hugh Robinson flew his Curtiss hydro-airplane into the Dubuque area. Robinson was then attempting to fly the length of the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] from Minneapolis to New Orleans and deliver mail. An estimated ten thousand cheered as Robinson's plane skimmed the surface and then gently landed on the water. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dubuque's next exhibition came on October 19, 1911, when Hugh Robinson flew his Curtiss hydro-airplane into the Dubuque area. Robinson was then attempting to fly the length of the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] from Minneapolis to New Orleans and deliver mail. An estimated ten thousand cheered as Robinson's plane skimmed the surface and then gently landed on the water. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Beachey returned to Dubuque on July 20, 1912, with even more reckless stunts. His plunge from seven thousand feet was so swift that spectators heard the plane's wires hum while still high above them. Beachey demonstrated a "figure eight" over Nutwood Park while holding his arms out at right angles to his body and guiding the plane with his feet. Aerial combat techniques later seen in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">World War </del>I were demonstrated by Beachey and Charles Walsh as they played aerial tag while firing blanks at each other with pistols. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Beachey returned to Dubuque on July 20, 1912, with even more reckless stunts. His plunge from seven thousand feet was so swift that spectators heard the plane's wires hum while still high above them. Beachey demonstrated a "figure eight" over Nutwood Park while holding his arms out at right angles to his body and guiding the plane with his feet. Aerial combat techniques later seen in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[WORLD WAR </ins>I<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>were demonstrated by Beachey and Charles Walsh as they played aerial tag while firing blanks at each other with pistols. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's Nutwood Park. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's Nutwood Park. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ex- position </del>plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J.|Joseph J. NAGLE]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exposition </ins>plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J.|Joseph J. NAGLE]]. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 [[OLESON, Clifton P.|Clifford P. OLESON]] discovered four wing panels from Heth's Model A Wright Pusher, the first airplane produced by the Wright Company, in an [[ICE HARBOR]] warehouse. The wings were presented by John A. Nagle and [[MOLO, Robert E.|Robert E. MOLO]] to the Air Force that was to display them in a museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 [[OLESON, Clifton P.|Clifford P. OLESON]] discovered four wing panels from Heth's Model A Wright Pusher, the first airplane produced by the Wright Company, in an [[ICE HARBOR]] warehouse. The wings were presented by John A. Nagle and [[MOLO, Robert E.|Robert E. MOLO]] to the Air Force that was to display them in a museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l23">Line 23:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Events]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Events]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Firsts]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=13932&oldid=prev Randylyon at 02:02, 26 April 2009 2009-04-26T02:02:55Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:02, 26 April 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:airport.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Early aircraft <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at Nutwood Park</del>. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS. On September 28,1911, world-class aerial exhibitionist [[BEACHEY, Lincoln|Lincoln BEACHEY]] arrived in Dubuque. An audience estimated at three thousand people braved rain at [[NUTWOOD PARK]] as Beachey soared into the sky, circled the grounds and then hurtled his plane downward making the craft appear certain to crash. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:airport.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Early aircraft. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS. On September 28,1911, world-class aerial exhibitionist [[BEACHEY, Lincoln|Lincoln BEACHEY]] arrived in Dubuque. An audience estimated at three thousand people braved rain at [[NUTWOOD PARK]] as Beachey soared into the sky, circled the grounds and then hurtled his plane downward making the craft appear certain to crash. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Pulling the plane out of its dive, Beachey cruised about sixty feet above the ground before again climbing into the sky. This time the biplane dove in the direction of the grandstand. Wild-eyed audience members scattered in all directions. An anticipated automobile-airplane race was rescheduled with five motorcycles as substitutes. At the end of the mile, Beachey led the pack by twenty yards, while averaging fifty-four miles per hour. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Pulling the plane out of its dive, Beachey cruised about sixty feet above the ground before again climbing into the sky. This time the biplane dove in the direction of the grandstand. Wild-eyed audience members scattered in all directions. An anticipated automobile-airplane race was rescheduled with five motorcycles as substitutes. At the end of the mile, Beachey led the pack by twenty yards, while averaging fifty-four miles per hour. </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=13931&oldid=prev Randylyon at 02:02, 26 April 2009 2009-04-26T02:02:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:02, 26 April 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS. On September 28,1911, world-class aerial exhibitionist [[BEACHEY, Lincoln|Lincoln BEACHEY]] arrived in Dubuque. An audience estimated at three thousand people braved rain at [[NUTWOOD PARK]] as Beachey soared into the sky, circled the grounds and then hurtled his plane downward making the craft appear certain to crash. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:airport.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Early aircraft at Nutwood Park. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</ins>AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS. On September 28,1911, world-class aerial exhibitionist [[BEACHEY, Lincoln|Lincoln BEACHEY]] arrived in Dubuque. An audience estimated at three thousand people braved rain at [[NUTWOOD PARK]] as Beachey soared into the sky, circled the grounds and then hurtled his plane downward making the craft appear certain to crash. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Pulling the plane out of its dive, Beachey cruised about sixty feet above the ground before again climbing into the sky. This time the biplane dove in the direction of the grandstand. Wild-eyed audience members scattered in all directions. An anticipated automobile-airplane race was rescheduled with five motorcycles as substitutes. At the end of the mile, Beachey led the pack by twenty yards, while averaging fifty-four miles per hour. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Pulling the plane out of its dive, Beachey cruised about sixty feet above the ground before again climbing into the sky. This time the biplane dove in the direction of the grandstand. Wild-eyed audience members scattered in all directions. An anticipated automobile-airplane race was rescheduled with five motorcycles as substitutes. At the end of the mile, Beachey led the pack by twenty yards, while averaging fifty-four miles per hour. </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=7771&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:13, 5 December 2008 2008-12-05T03:13:49Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:13, 5 December 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Transportation]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Transportation]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Events]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=7611&oldid=prev Randylyon at 23:34, 3 December 2008 2008-12-03T23:34:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:34, 3 December 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Entertainers]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Entertainers]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Transportation]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=7340&oldid=prev Randylyon at 22:02, 30 November 2008 2008-11-30T22:02:32Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:02, 30 November 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1928, soon after the opening of the Nutwood Park airport, Lenore Roshek became the first woman to make a solo flight. According to reports of the time, Roshek had received only eleven hours and five minutes of pre-flight training.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1928, soon after the opening of the Nutwood Park airport, Lenore Roshek became the first woman to make a solo flight. According to reports of the time, Roshek had received only eleven hours and five minutes of pre-flight training.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Entertainers]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=4090&oldid=prev Randylyon at 23:36, 11 August 2008 2008-08-11T23:36:10Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:36, 11 August 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's Nutwood Park. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's Nutwood Park. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the ex- position plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J. </del>J. NAGLE]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the ex- position plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joseph </ins>J. NAGLE]]. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 [[OLESON, Clifton P|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">C</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">P </del>OLESON]] discovered four wing panels from Heth's Model A Wright Pusher, the first airplane produced by the Wright Company, in an [[ICE HARBOR]] warehouse. The wings were presented by John A. Nagle and [[MOLO, Robert E|Robert MOLO]] to the Air Force that was to display them in a museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 [[OLESON, Clifton P<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Clifford P</ins>. OLESON]] discovered four wing panels from Heth's Model A Wright Pusher, the first airplane produced by the Wright Company, in an [[ICE HARBOR]] warehouse. The wings were presented by John A. Nagle and [[MOLO, Robert E<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>|Robert <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">E. </ins>MOLO]] to the Air Force that was to display them in a museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1928, soon after the opening of the Nutwood Park airport, Lenore Roshek became the first woman to make a solo flight. According to reports of the time, Roshek had received only eleven hours and five minutes of pre-flight training.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1928, soon after the opening of the Nutwood Park airport, Lenore Roshek became the first woman to make a solo flight. According to reports of the time, Roshek had received only eleven hours and five minutes of pre-flight training.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AIRPLANE_DEMONSTRATIONS&diff=156&oldid=prev Lyonbriggs at 10:02, 14 June 2008 2008-06-14T10:02:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:02, 14 June 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS. On September 28,1911, world-class aerial exhibitionist <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lincoln </del>[[BEACHEY, Lincoln|BEACHEY]] arrived in Dubuque. An audience estimated at three thousand people braved rain at [[NUTWOOD PARK]] as Beachey soared into the sky, circled the grounds and then hurtled his plane downward making the craft appear certain to crash. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATIONS. On September 28,1911, world-class aerial exhibitionist [[BEACHEY, Lincoln|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lincoln </ins>BEACHEY]] arrived in Dubuque. An audience estimated at three thousand people braved rain at [[NUTWOOD PARK]] as Beachey soared into the sky, circled the grounds and then hurtled his plane downward making the craft appear certain to crash. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Pulling the plane out of its dive, Beachey cruised about sixty feet above the ground before again climbing into the sky. This time the biplane dove in the direction of the grandstand. Wild-eyed audience members scattered in all directions. An anticipated automobile-airplane race was rescheduled with five motorcycles as substitutes. At the end of the mile, Beachey led the pack by twenty yards, while averaging fifty-four miles per hour. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Pulling the plane out of its dive, Beachey cruised about sixty feet above the ground before again climbing into the sky. This time the biplane dove in the direction of the grandstand. Wild-eyed audience members scattered in all directions. An anticipated automobile-airplane race was rescheduled with five motorcycles as substitutes. At the end of the mile, Beachey led the pack by twenty yards, while averaging fifty-four miles per hour. </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's Nutwood Park. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 8, 1914, Beachey flew near Dubuque's Nutwood Park. Flying "Little Looper," one of the most famous airplanes of its day, Beachey entertained an audience of nine thousand by flying upside down and executing the first loop ever performed in Iowa. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the ex- position plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J. J. </del>[[NAGLE, Joseph J|NAGLE]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1916 Eugene Heth flew a Wright biplane throughout the Tri-State region advertising the Iowa Prosperity Celebration and Exposition to be held in Dubuque on October 2. Joseph Berger, general manager of the exposition, agreed to pay Heth one hundred dollars daily for the week of the ex- position plus fifty dollars if the promoter earned more than three thousand dollars. Heth buzzed crowds on the streets of tri-state cities with the words "DUBUQUE EXPOSITION WEEK-OCT. 2" painted on the bottom of the lower wings. At the end of the week Heth, denied his additional fifty dollars, successfully sued the promoter and won, but never collected. The airplane, stored during the legal battle, was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $162.72 to [[NAGLE, Joseph J|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J. J. </ins>NAGLE]]. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">C.P </del>[[OLESON, Clifton P|OLESON]] discovered four wing panels from Heth's Model A Wright Pusher, the first airplane produced by the Wright Company, in an [[ICE HARBOR]] warehouse. The wings were presented by John A. Nagle and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Robert </del>[[MOLO, Robert E|MOLO]] to the Air Force that was to display them in a museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 [[OLESON, Clifton P|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">C.P </ins>OLESON]] discovered four wing panels from Heth's Model A Wright Pusher, the first airplane produced by the Wright Company, in an [[ICE HARBOR]] warehouse. The wings were presented by John A. Nagle and [[MOLO, Robert E|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Robert </ins>MOLO]] to the Air Force that was to display them in a museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1928, soon after the opening of the Nutwood Park airport, Lenore Roshek became the first woman to make a solo flight. According to reports of the time, Roshek had received only eleven hours and five minutes of pre-flight training.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1928, soon after the opening of the Nutwood Park airport, Lenore Roshek became the first woman to make a solo flight. According to reports of the time, Roshek had received only eleven hours and five minutes of pre-flight training.</div></td></tr> </table>

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