Robert Nietzel Buck | |
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 Buck after his record-breaking flight | |
| Born | January 29, 1914 |
| Died | April 14, 2007 (aged 93) Berlin, Vermont, US |
| Occupation | Aviator |
Robert Nietzel Buck (January 29, 1914 – April 14, 2007) broke the junior transcontinental air speed record in 1930 and for a time was the youngest licensed pilot in the United States.[1]
- ^ Margalit Fox (May 20, 2007). "Robert N. Buck Dies at 93. Was Record-Setting Aviator". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
Robert N. Buck, a distinguished pilot who in the 1930s crossed the continent at record speed, flew a light plane higher than anyone had done before and photographed ancient ruins of the Yucatán from the air for the first time — all by the age of 20 — died on April 14 in Berlin, Vermont. ...