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Fred J. Southard Killed Six Minutes After Start in Own Machine The Daily Times Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 22, 1912, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 8-13-04 Fred J. Southard, of Minneapolis, an amateur aviator, fell 1,000 feet at the Wright aviation field today and was instantly killed. Southard, who was forty years old, had just bought the aeroplane from the Wrights. He fell just six minutes after he had begun the first flight alone. |
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1912 AVIATION RECORD OF 1912 -- Forty-six Deaths Reported." |
from newsclipping courtesy of Bob Davis, 8-13-04 Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper |
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