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Extracted from the larger photo on the Ancient Aviators Website |
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The Blue Streak was an experimental two-engine airplane tjhat was owned by The Chicago Daily News and crashed on May 26, 1930. Loaded with cargo, the aircraft was torn apart in flight by vibration in its rear propeller drive shaft, which killed pilot Shirley J. Short and two crew members. Shirley J. Short had, also, been an air mail pilot for the United States Post Office from March 2, 1923 to August 31, 1927 Ancient Aviators Website |
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You will find an entry for the Blue Streak on the AEROFILES website. It includes technical details of the plane and a copy of the photo which is seen above. To access the site, just click on: You may want to use the "FIND" function on "TES" to find the entry most easily. |
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If you search the net using Google on "Shirley J. Short", you will find one very important link. It will take you to a photograph of Short accepting the Colyer Trophy which was awarded for safety to the U. S. Air Mail Service for two separate years. To start there, just click on: From that point, if you click on "Home", you will go to Nancy Allison Wright's homepage of the Air Mail Pioneers. This website is a wonderful resource and you will want to spend a lot of time enjoying its many features. You will find a "Search" feature at the bottom of the homepage which you can use to find the other entries for Short or other pioneers If you search the net using Google on "Shirley J. Short" +aviation, you will find one other interesting link. You will see a photo of the Blue Streak. The quality is not great, but you will be able to see the entire plane. Click on: |
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Ancient Aviators Website |
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