FRED HEEGLE 1885-1911

 

CHICAGO AVIATOR INJURED. The New York Herald August 30, 1911 FREEPORT, ILL., Wednesday.---Fred Heegle, twenty-six years of age, a novice aviator of Chicago, was probably fatally injured and several spectators hurt today when Heegle's biplane fell fifty feet during an exhibition flight.      The exhibition was for the benefit of Mrs. Daniel Kreamer, whose husband was killed a short time ago while trying for a pilot's license in Chicago. None of the spectators was severely injured. Courtesy of Roy Nagl, 11-2-05 TRUE TALES OF THE ANCIENT AVIATORS

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Fred Heegle", using the Google search engine, (11-3-05), you will not find any links.

 

Fred Heegle died in 1911. Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back