Stanley Yale Beach | |
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 Stanley Yale Beach | |
| Born | July 9, 1877 |
| Died | July 13, 1955 (aged 78) |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, banker, aircraft builder, airships builder |
| Known for | early backer of Gustave Whitehead |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Frederick C. Beach |
| Relatives | Alfred Ely Beach,grandfather Moses S. Beach, granduncle Moses Yale Beach, great-grandfather |
| Family | Yale |
Stanley Yale Beach (1877 – 1955) was a wealthy aviation pioneer, who was an early financier of Gustave Whitehead, who claimed to have made powered controlled flight before the Wright brothers.[1][2][3][4] He was among the first technically trained men to be involved in dynamic flight in the United States, and was an early automobilist, following the beginnings of the development of the automobile industry as Automobile Editor of Scientific American, their family scientific magazine.[5][6]
- ^ Sues Rich Inventor for Divorce, Alimony, Manchester Evening Herald, Wednesday, June 1, 1927, Vol. Xll, no. 207, p. 1
- ^ Jackson, Paul (2013). Jackson, Paul (ed.). "Executive Overview: Justice delayed is justice denied". Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2013. Washington, DC: Macdonald and Jane's: 8–10.
- ^ Archive of Stanley Yale Beach, aviation pioneer
- ^ Whitehead, The “Who Flew First” Debate, Flightjournal.com, Maj. William J. O'Dwyer, USAF Reserve, p. 55
- ^ Beach, Stanley, Archives at Yale, Stanley Yale Beach papers, Number: GEN MSS 802, 1911-1948
- ^ Aircraft, New York, Lawson Publishing Company, Vol. 4, No. 5, New York, July, 1913, p. 101