Note: Test pilot for Army Air Corps. While testing plane for his entry in the Pulitzer Air Race of 1924 at Wright Field (Now Wright Patterson Air Force Base) in Dayton Ohio, he was killed when the wings came off his aircraft in a dive. He was a great early flyer, a dare devil. He set many early flying records. Won the first transcontinental air race from New York to San Francisco in 1919. Was the first man to fly over the Grand Canyon. Has an airport and museum named after him in Vancouver Washington state. Lt. Alexander Pearson ... Lt. Oakley Kelley invited them to the 1925 dedication of Pearson... www.columbian.com/reflections/pearson1.html CachedHuachuca Illustrated, vol 2, 1996: Timeline 1921 http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/comment/huachuca/HI2-15.htm City of Vancouver, Washington - Jack Murdock Aviation Center at Pearson Field ...agricultural enterprises. Lt. Alexander Pearson When the... ...barnstormers. Pearson Field was named after Lt. Alexander... www.ci.vancouver.wa.us/murdock.htm Cached (7k) New! Try out GoogleScout City of Vancouver, Washington - Vancouver History ...Airlines. Pearson Field was named after Lt. Alexander... ...Historic Facts | Officers Row | Pearson Field Vancouver National Historic... www.ci.vancouver.wa.us/history.htm Cached (24k) New! Try out GoogleScout City of Vancouver, WA - Chronological History of Vancouver ...aged. 1925 Pearson Field, named for Lt. Alexander... ...Capt. George Vancouver later sends Lt. William Broughton to explore... www.ci.vancouver.wa.us/chron.htm Cached (42k) New! Try out GoogleScout PEARSON FIELD (23k) New! Try out GoogleScout Hartzell FC-2, 1924 ...accident had befallen Lt. Alexander Pearson of McCook Field... ...he started to pull out of his dive. Lt. Harry Mills of WIlbur Wright... home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimagl15.htm Cached (8k) New! Try out GoogleScout International Air Meet, St. Louis, MO, 1923, Pulitzer Trophy Race ...Corkille, Army 7. Lieut. Alexander Pearson, Army Forced Down... ...with 400-horsepower motors. Lieut Pearson was to have flown a... home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimaga24.htm Cached (10k) New! Try out GoogleScout Tom Philo History Interest Page ...Antique Fly-in August 14; Alexander Pearson Appreciation Day Sept... ...Portland Oregon you can go to the Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver... www.taphilo.com/history/history.html Cached (10k) New! Try out GoogleScout 16. MACKAY TROPHY MACKAY TROPHY. The MacKay Trophy was established in 1911 by Clarence H. MacKay, who was head of the Postal Telegraph-Commercial Cable Companies. It... URL: www.nasm.edu/NASMDOCS/AERO/TROPHY/mackay.htm Last modified on: 8-Jul-1999
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