Taft Reviews Aviation Meet Crowds Cheer Flight Scene
President Taft visited the aviation field in Beverly, meeting pilots and officials including Mayor Fitzgerald and Grahame White. He watched the Mayor fly, chatted with press and dignitaries, and praised aerial navigation while noting familiar Wright-machine performances.
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Taft
Beverly
Helen Taft
Catherine Terry
New York
John Hays Hammond
Archibald Butt
Mayor Fitzgerald
Charles J. Glidden
Butt
Farman
Grahame-White
Fort Meyer
Wright
Thearman
Lowe
Alph Johnstone
Aviator Ralph Jonstone Early Flight Career Captured
Ralph Jonstone, identified with the Wright brothers, born September 1, 1880, from Parsons Kansas, attended Kansas City schools, and toured vaudeville with a bicycle act. He entered the Potsdam Frankfurt 600 km race aboard a Laurin Clement car, placing third, and later earned aviation opportunities with the Wrights. He made his first flight June 17 in Indianapolis and a record ocean flight near Asbury Park covering 27 miles in 35 minutes. He also flew at Dayton and achieved 423 miles per hour in an unnamed event and married Martha Eroff on March 3, 1903 in Dayton Ohio.
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Ralph Jonstone
Wright Brothers
Parsons
Kan
Kansas City
Lynn
Berlin Winter Garden
Laurin-Clement
Potsdam- Frankfort
Indianapolis
Asbury Park
N. J
Dayton
Martha Eroff
Berlin
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Porcu
Taftegal
Nelson A. Miles
Genral
Mayor Shea
Quincey
Bleriot
Mosqui
Vorme City
Shea
Quincy
Charlie
C. W. 3Arron
John Shepard
F. L. Good
BE. A. Lally
H. M. Daly
M. C. Daly
E. C. Daly
M. J. Daggett
E. A. Lally
Boston
Blakely
Jist
Willard
Panama
Fitzgerald
Grahame
Mr. White
Federal Trust Co
Coats
Priestley Cravenettes
P & Bes
Priestley
National Raincoat House
Washington ST
Franklin
AIR
Ralph Johnstone
Father John
Dangerou
Holies
Childerts Bay
New
England
Guar Cash House
Great Cash House
Posie Vici
Beacon
Columbia
Boots
Flor College
Welsh & Landregan
Great Bar
Hird
Neers
Eton
Hermsdorf
Wzoc
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