Frank Herbert Burnside (August 7, 1888 - August 26, 1935) was a record-holding pioneer airmail pilot.[1]
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Biography
editFrank Herbert Burnside was born on August 7, 1888, in Oneonta, New York. He originally studied to be a musician, but learned to fly in 1911. In 1913 he set the American flight altitude record at 12,950 feet in Bath, New York besting the record set by Lincoln Beachey in Chicago in 1911.[2]
Burnside retired from flying in 1931 and he died on August 26, 1935, in Bath, New York.[1][3]
Aviation records
edit- American flight altitude record of 12,950 feet in Bath, New York (1913).[4][2]
- American air speed record of 95.0 and 97.4 mph (1916).[4][5]
- American (and possibly world) air speed record of 163.68 mph (1919).[4]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Frank H. Burnside, Air Pioneer Dead One of the Fliers Who Put Air Mail in Operation". New York Times. August 27, 1935. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ a b "Aviator Up 12,950 Feet. Frank Burnside Sets New American Altitude Mark at Bath, N.Y." New York Times. July 27, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "Pioneer Flier Dies in Bath". Rochester Journal. August 27, 1935. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ a b c "Frank Herbert Burnside". Steuben County, New York. July 27, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "Flies 95 Miles Per Hour. Frank Burnside, In Biplane, Sets New American Record". Baltimore Sun. February 3, 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-21.