Cyrus K. Bettis

Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis (January 2, 1893 – September 1, 1926) was the winner of the 1924 Mitchell Trophy Race and the 1925 Mackay Trophy.^[1] He was also a winner of the Pulitzer Trophy.^[2]

Biography

He was born on January 2, 1893 in Michigan to John C. Bettis and Mattie McCrory.

He was leaving the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia heading toward Selfridge Field in Michigan and crashed on Jack's Mountain (Pennsylvania) near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania on August 23, 1926 in fog.^[2]

He died on September 1, 1926 in Washington, DC of spinal meningitis.^[3]

Legacy

Bettis Field in Pittsburgh is named in his honor.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Cyrus K. Bettis". Early Aviators. http://earlyaviators.com/ebettis.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-18. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Lieutenant Bettis Last Seen in Dangerous Pennsylvania Mountain Section. Won Pulitzer Trophy. Started From Sesquicentennial for Michigan -- Companions Retrace Route Without Avail.". Associated Press in the New York Times. August 24, 1926. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C1EF734541A7A93C7AB1783D85F428285F9. Retrieved 2011-11-18. "Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis, the army flier who left the Sesquicentennial Exposition grounds yesterday morning in an airplane for Selfridge Field in Michigan, is missing. He was last seen west of Lewiston, Pa., heading for Cleveland, as he disappeared in the fog near the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountains. Lewiston is nearly 200 miles west of Philadelphia." 
3. ^ "Bettis Has Bad Turn. His Parents Notified. Injured Army Flier Develops Spinal Meningitis in Washington Hospital". New York Times. September 1, 1926. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60713F6355E1B7A93C3A91782D85F428285F9. Retrieved 2011-11-18. "Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis, army aviator, injured in a crash in Pennsylvania last week, has developed spinal meningitis and his condition is critical. ..." 
4. ^ "Flying Field to Be Named for Bettis". New York Times. November 3, 1926. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20717FD3D591B7A93C1A9178AD95F428285F9. Retrieved 2011-11-18. "The Pittsburgh-McKeesport airport near Dravosburg, Pa., is to be named Bettts Field in honor of Cyrus K. Bettis, noted army pilot who lost his life in ..." 

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Name	Bettis, Cyrus
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Date of birth	January 2, 1893
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Date of death	1926
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