1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet

Aviation show in Illinois, United States thumb|right|250px|Postcard from the event The 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet (August 12 to August 20, 1911) was major aviation show held at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States in August 1911.Souter, Gerry (28 June 2010) Guts and Glory: The Last Great Aerial Tournament, Chicago History Journal, Retrieved December 2, 2015The Chicago daily news almanac and year book for 1912, 362–63 (1911) Organized by Cyrus McCormick Jr., thirty-two aviators attended, including Lincoln Beachey, Eugene Burton Ely, Thomas Sopwith, Glenn Curtiss, Thomas Scott Baldwin, René Simon, Earle Ovington, Harry Atwood, Claude Grahame-White, and Cal Rodgers.Marrero Frank Lincoln Beachey: The Man Who Owned the Sky 2017 Tripod Press Marin County, California 9780967326535 74-87 Lincoln Beachey set a world altitude record of 11,642 feet at the meet.Lynch, Christopher. Chicago's Midway Airport: the first seventy-five years (2002) (978-1-893121-18-8) William R. Badger and St. Croix JohnstoneSt. Croix Johnstone; EarlyAviators.com Retrieved October 9, 2017 both died in aviation accidents at the meet.W.R. Badger Crushed by His Engine and St. Croix Johnstone Drowned at Chicago. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B14F8355A17738DDDAF0994D0405B818DF1D3 Two airmen were killed here on this, the fourth day of the big aviation meet at Grant Park, after three days without a serious accident. The victims were William R. Badger, son of a wealthy Pittsburgh family, and St. Croix Johnstone of Chicago, both young men, and the double tragedy took place in the presence of 500,000 spectators. The New York Times August 16, 1911 2010-11-07 The wings on Badger's biplane collapsed when he tried to pull out of dive too late, and Johnstone crashed into Lake Michigan after his engine failed. References Category:Aviation competitions and awards Category:1911 in aviation Category:August 1911 in the United States Category:1911 in Illinois Category:Aviation in Illinois Category:Aviation history of the United States