PILOT STORIES:
Robinson, Frederic A.
| Air
Mail Service Began: |
August 16, 1919 |
| Air
Mail Service Ends: |
September 27, 1920 |
| Assignments: |
College Park, Maryland |
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August 21, 1919 –
Belmont Park, New York |
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December 15, 19199 –
Newark, New Jersey |
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March 1, 1920 – Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania |
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March 20, 1920 – Newark,
New Jersey |
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August 16, 1920 - Hazelhurst |
Frederick Robinson died tragically on September 27, 1920 while flying from Hazelhurst Field, New York, to
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Robinson flew over the Susquehanna
River at low altitude under fog, using the river as a guide.
Near Millersburg, Pennsylvania, Robinson was flying low enough
that his landing gear struck wires over the river. The wires
hurled his airplane tail first into the shallow water, mortally wounding the pilot.
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