KANSAS FAIR- 1913

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS STATE FAIR - 1913      August 29, 1913 State Fair Grounds - Hutchinson, Kans. After failing on attempt to take off. Bringing plane back for another attempt by pilot John A. Bixler, Sr. Final attempt was a crash thru the fence. Pilot not injured. Collection of Beverly Bixler-Ashworth, 4-25-04

 

KANSAS STATE FAIR, 1913      The headline of the September 13, 1913 front page of the Hutchinson News proudly announced that "Kansas' Real State Fair Has an Auspicious Opening." The first state fair was a momentous occasion. Forty thousand dollars in prizes were offered for exhibits and competitions. John Bixler, a Hutchinson grocer and aviator, slowly pulled his newly purchased Curtiss copy biplane carefully up Main to the fairgrounds with a team of farm horses. The intrepid pilot offered a two day exhibition, charging fifty cents to observe the show and watch Bixler "putting Hutchinson on the map in the aviation world." - (Continued) Extract from the City of Hutchinson website.

 

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS STATE FAIR - 1913       Collection of Beverly Bixler-Ashworth, 4-25-04

 

JOHN CRASHES - 1913       Collection of Beverly Bixler-Ashworth, 4-25-04

 

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS STATE FAIR - 1913       Collection of Beverly Bixler-Ashworth, 4-25-04

 

T.J. BIXLER - 1913      Plane after John A. Bixler crashed it on August 31, 1913 at Hutchinson, Kansas State Fair. Collection of Beverly Bixler-Ashworth, 4-25-04

 

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