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Died. Brigadier General Frank Purdy Lahm, 85, one of the U.S. Army's earliest birdmen, a West Pointer who took lessons from Wilbur Wright and in 1909 soloed the Army's first plane, went on to train many top airmen as first commander of the Air Corps' pioneer flying school at Randolph Field, Texas-over which his ashes will be scattered from a plane; of a stroke; in Sandusky, Ohio...
...others: Frank P. Lahm, Frederick E. Humphreys, Benjamin D. Doulois...
...first (1906) race Frank P. Lahm, also an American, covered 402 miles. Longest race distance was France's Maurice Bienaime's 1,354 miles...
...Lahm Prize. Almost forgotten in the U. S. is Frank S. Lahm, 83, first U. S. citizen to take up ballooning as a sport, first person to give a full account of what Wilbur and Orville Wright accomplished, great protagonist of the Wrights in France. But in France where the elder Lahm has lived in retirement since the War, he is less a recollection. Each year he gives 30,000 francs ($1,175) for the most interesting accomplishment in aviation. Last week he gave the money to Juan de la Cierva, who invented the autogiro (flying machine with vanes whirling...
...Kreimer, E. H., E Seamans, R. C., 8 Cole, H. L. M., 8 Kubie, L. S., 17 Sears, W., 12 Collier, E. P., 27 Kuhn, S. L., 17 Seldern, J. K., 11 Collins, B. S., 15 Ladd, C. M., 15 Sewall, S., 20 Cooke, J. W., 29 Lahm, M., 17 Seymour, H. J., 11 Coolidge, H. J., 12 Lamont, G., 11 Shaw, H. H., 29 Corbett, F. A., 18 Lawrence, W., 20 Small, R. L., 14 Cowen, R. R., 30 Leak, V. T., D Smith, H. F., 11 Cowl, C., 4 Leander, H. A., D Smith, L. W., Q Cribben...