A photo of Archibald Hoxsey shortly after achieving the altitude record, flying a biplane 11,474 feet on December 26 1910, taken five days before his death attempting to break the record again. [5633×4354]
After almost freezing to death flying in an open biplane made with the help of the wright brothers, Hoxsey broke the record held by a french aviator at the time by 900 feet. Hoxsey was famed for being the first person to fly at night and for convincing Roosevelt to take a ride with him, the first president to ever leave the ground. He died in a plane crash december 31 1910 in Southern California.
ratcnc
Do you know what caused his fatal crash? I couldn’t find anything other than he had only gotten to around 7,000’.
![A photo of Archibald Hoxsey shortly after achieving the altitude record, flying a biplane 11,474 feet on December 26 1910, taken five days before his death attempting to break the record again. [5633x4354]](https://i.redd.it/wv6soarjuh951.jpg)
dcaballe
After almost freezing to death flying in an open biplane made with the help of the wright brothers, Hoxsey broke the record held by a french aviator at the time by 900 feet. Hoxsey was famed for being the first person to fly at night and for convincing Roosevelt to take a ride with him, the first president to ever leave the ground. He died in a plane crash december 31 1910 in Southern California.
ratcnc
Do you know what caused his fatal crash? I couldn’t find anything other than he had only gotten to around 7,000’.
Foodwraith
The originator of “quit while you’re ahead”.