Archibald Hoxsey

Archibald Hoxsey (født 15. oktober 1884  - død 31. desember 1910) var en amerikansk flyger som arbeidet  for brødrene Wright.

Biografi 
Hoxsey ble født i Staunton i Illinois 15. oktober 1884. Da han var i begynnelsen av tyveårene flyttet han med sine foreldre til Pasadena i California hvor han arbeidet som bilmekaniker og sjåfør. I 1909-1910 fikk han et møte med brødrene Wright, og i mars 1910 åpnet brødrene en flyskole i Montgomery i Alabama hvor Hoxsey ble lærer. Der ble han den første flyveren som gjennomførte en nattflyvning.

Den 11. oktober 1910, på Kinloch-feltet i St. Louis, tok han Theodore Roosevelt opp i et fly.

På grunn av deres dristigeforsøk på å sette høyderekorder ble han og Ralph Johnstone kalt «himmelens tvillinger»

Den 26. desember 1910 satte Hoxsey høyderekord på 3 794 meter

Han døde den 31. desember 1910 i Los Angeles i California etter å falt fra 2 100 m mens han prøvde å sette en ny høyderekord. Brødrene Wright betalte for begravelsen.
Han ble gravlagt i Woodlawn Cenetery i Atkinson i Nebraska, i samme grav som faren Archibald Hoxsey sr.

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 Archibald Hoxsey bibliografi
 Tidlig Flygere: Archibald Hoxsey
 Nord-Dakota første fly; avskrift av 19. juli 2006 radio broadcast
 Video av flyet med Theodore Roosevelt i 1910
 Bilde av Arch Hoxsey Og President Roosevelt som sitter i Wright Flyer før deres avreise

Litteratur
The New York Times, August 20, 1910: «Airmen Play Tag With Moonbeams; Hoxsey And Johnstone Unexpectedly Make Two Night Flights At Asbury Park. Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 19, 1910. With no one to watch them save the night birds and a few invited friends. Arch Hoxsey and Ralph Johnstone, the young Wright airmen, winged their way up among the moonbeams between 10:00 and 10:30 o'clock tonight».
The New York Times, October 9, 1910: «Flight Of 104 Miles Is Made By Hoxsey; In Wright Biplane He Goes From Springfield To St. Louis With A Detour. St. Louis, Missouri; October 8, 1910. After making the longest continuous aeroplane flight recorded in America, Arch Hoxsey, who soared aloft in a Wright biplane at Springfield, Illinois, at 11:56 this morning, landed upon the lawn of the St. Louis Country Club shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon, Although the distance to St. Louis from Springfield is only 88 miles, Hoxsey made a detour that brought his continued flight up to 104 miles.»
The New York Times, Sunday, January 1, 1911: «Wrights Deplore Hoxsey. He Was One Of The Most Promising And Intrepid Of Aviators, They Say. Dayton, Ohio; December 31, 1910. The announcement of the death of Arch Hoxsey at Los Angeles today came as a terrible shock to Wilbur and Orville Wright, but they emphatically declared that they did not care to discuss the accident until they had heard further details and had received a statement of the conditions under which it occurred from some experienced aviator who witnessed it»
Time, Monday, June 11, 1928: «Theodore Roosevelt seated in a plane which was of the "pusher" type: Beneath the picture is the following notation: "Colonel Roosevelt in a Wright Aeroplane at St. Louis. Archibald Hoxsey, who carried the Colonel twice around the Park, a distance of 4½ miles, is seen talking to Mr. Roosevelt, who was most enthusiastic over his experience, declaring he never felt a bit of fear. This picture shows the Colonel as he took his seat. Before starting he took off his hat and put on a cap.»

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