Ralph Greenley Johnstone | |
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Born | Ralph Greenley Johnstone September 18, 1880 [1] Parsons, Kansas, U.S |
Died | November 17, 1910 Denver, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 30)
Cause of death | Aircrash |
Ralph Greenley Johnstone (September 18, 1880 – November 17, 1910) was the first American person to die while piloting an airplane that crashed.[2] He and Archibald Hoxsey were known as the "heavenly twins" for their attempts to break altitude records.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).On November 17 Johnstone's flirting with death came to an end in Denver. He went into a spiraling dive and never pulled out. His body was smashed beyond recognition. He was the first American pilot to die in an airplane crash.