RESOURCES

Parmelee AT BELMONT, 1910 Photo and text from Collection of J. N. Parmelee

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Philip Parmelee" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (9-22-10), you will find about 48 links. Each one of them contains bits and pieces of information which may be of help in understanding his life and career. The one cited below offers a wonderful video clip of Phil flying in a silent movie.

 

A Dash Through the Clouds.      This page on the Air & Space Smithsonian website offers three video clips of early fliers, including one of Phil performing in a Mack Sennett comedy..

 

RECOMMENDED READING

CONTACT: The Story of the Early Birds by Henry Serrano Villard Thomas Y. Crowell Company

CITY OF FLIGHT The History of Aviation in St. Louis by James J. Horgan The Patrice Press

 

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