Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-27
Fifty-'hree Airmen Killed in 1910.

IateIul 0SNre 10 seemed 10 exercise
an especially baneful influence over
those who sought to conquer the air,
no less than nine of tn fatalitis hav-
ing occurred on the / 3 days of the
month The first of these was May
9th. Two months later, July I3, five
men lost their lives, and on No
vember 18th, three more went to
their Deaths A recent census of the
air taken in France states that No
vember 5 there we're sol men and
women devoting their lives to the
science of aviation alone. Three years
ago there were but four-Wilbur
Wright, Orville Wright, Henry Far
man and Alberto Santos-Dumont. By
an odd trick of fate, all of there four
pioneers are living today and with
the exception of Orville Wright, who
was seriously hurt in 1908, none of
them has been severely hurt though
each has had narrow escapes. All of
these pioneers have retired from the
business of flying. The Wrights oc-
casionally take a machine out for a
test but never fly for exhibition pur-
poses. 1t is an odd fact that many
of the more famous men who first
entered the field have retired. Thus
Bleroit, Paulhan, Latham, DeLes-
seps and several others are giving
their attention to the commercial end
of the business of aviation rather
than to he spectacular or exhibition
side of it,
OF the SO men who dies, SO we're
killed in aeroplane accidents and II
went to their deaths in balloons. But
seven of the deah were Americans,
in the remainder representing France
Germany. Russia, Belgium, Italy,
Holland and England. Eleven of them
were soldiers experimenting with
aeroplanes or balloons for military
purposes. The following is believed
to be complete list of those who
were killed between January and
December 81, 1910.
Jan. 4, Leon Delagrange, Bordeaux
France.
April 2. Hubert De Blon, San Sc
bastian, Spain.
April 4. Hugo Delbrueck, F. Ben
duhn, Helm, stettin, Germany.
April 49, P. Luft, Herr Groupner,
Hoecker, Lusschenring, Berlin, Ger
many.
May 10. Hauvette- Michelin, Lyons,
France.
June ?. M. Logily, BudaDesth,
Hungary.
June 4. Captain Popon, Gathina,
Russia.
June II, Eugene sDeyer, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
June IS. Thaddus Robl, stettin,
Germany.
July 3. Charles wachter, Rheims
France.
July 70. Charles Rolls, Bourne
mouth, England.
July 10. Oscar Erbsloeh, Her To-
tello, Herr Hett Kronz, Herr spickle
Sologne. Germany.
July Is. Daniel Kinet, Client, Bel
GUM.
August. 10. NJ. De Baeder, Cam
brai, France.
Aug. y. Benny Prinz, AshburS
Park, N. J.
Aug. 90. Marquis P. vivaldi, Rome
Italy.
Aug. 27. Clement Van Maasdyke
Arnheim, Netherlands.
Sept. %. Georges Chavez, Domo
dosoIla, italy.
Sept. %. Edmond Poillot, Char
tres, France.
Sept. %. Ernest Plochmann, Muel
hansen, Germany.
Oct. 1. Heinrich Haas, Treves
Germany.
Oct. 7. Captain Mazievitch, St
Petersburg, Russia.
Oct. 8. Lieutenant Matsievski, st
Petersburg. Russia.
Oct. %. Captain Madiot, Douai
France.
Oct 20 Lieut.. w tnSllh 4io'''
Magdeburg, Germany.
Oct %. Fernand Blanchard, Is
syles-Molineaux. France.
Oct q. Lieut. Jose Saglietti, Rome
Italy.
Nov. 2. NJ. Peters, Brussels. Bel
GUM. att
Nov. 13. Two officers Of the Ger
man army and one civilian, crew O
the German balloon "saar,' Berlin
Germany.
Nov. IL. Ralph tombstone. Denver
Colo