- Marshall Earle Reid
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Marshall Earle Reid (31 August 1887 - 1955) was a pioneer early aviator.
Biography
He was born on 31 August 1887 in Philadelphia to Betsey Holmes Marshall and David Christopher Reid.[1] On May 4, 1912 he started from Hempstead, Long Island intending to fly to Philadelphia. Near Elizabeth, New Jersey his biplane crashed and Reid and his passenger, George William Beatty crashed landed without injury.[2] He also was able to travel from Staten Island to Trenton, New Jersey at 75 miles per hour.[3] On October 12, 1912 he flew from Cape May Point in a hydroplane.[4]
References
- ^ "Marshall Earle Reid". Selective Service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reid-Marshall_1917_draft_registation.jpg. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ "Aviators Have Fall But Neither is Hurt". Daily Times (Chattanooga). May 5, 1912. http://earlyaviators.com/ereidmar.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-25. "An accident to the motor of his machine halted the flight of Marshall E. Reid, who started from Hempstead, L.I., this noon, intending to fly to Philadelphia. Near Elizabeth, N.J., during an attempt to descend, the biplane fell and Reid and his passenger, George W. Beatty, were spilled. The machine was wrecked, but neither man was hurt."
- ^ "Young Staten Island Aviator Does 75 Miles an Hour to Trenton.". New York Times. June 9, 1912. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9406EED7103AE633A2575AC0A9609C946396D6CF. Retrieved 2009-11-25. "Forced to alight because of unfavorable air currents, Marshall Earle Reid, one of the most youthful of the world's aviators, and his mechanician, ..."
- ^ "Aviators Missing. Drowning Feared. No News of Reid and Mustin, Who Left Cape May Point in Hydro-aeroplane.". New York Times. October 12, 1912. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E04E6DD133CE633A25751C1A9669D946396D6CF. Retrieved 2009-11-25. "More than ten hours after their start from Cape May Point, N.J., in a hydro-aeroplane for this city, no news had been received to-night of Marshall Earl Reid of this city and his brother-in-law and passenger, Lieut. Commander H. C. Mustin, U.S.N., of the Philadelphia Navy Yard."
External links
- Marshall E. Reid at Early Aviators
Categories:- Early Birds of Aviation
- 1955 deaths
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