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Francis Herbert Goldsborough (July 16, 1910 – July 16, 1930) was a record-holding aviator who died in a plane crash in
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on his 20th birthday.


Early years

Goldsborough was born in
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His father was
Brice Goldsborough Brice Herbert Goldsborough (March 20, 1889 – December 23, 1927) was an American aviation instrument designer at Sperry Gyroscope and later founded the Pioneer Instrument Company. He flew aboard the '' Spirit of St. Louis'' with Charles Lind ...
, who died in a plane crash as
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from
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. Frank's stepmother was named Gertrude. By the time he was 18 the family was living in New York where he attended
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in
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.


Transcontinental speed record

Goldsborough held the junior
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until his death. In April and May 1930 he wrote a series of exclusive first-person accounts for ''The New York Times'' about his exploits in the National Air Tour and his breaking of the transcontinental air speed record.


Death

Goldsborough's plane crashed in Vermont on July 15, 1930 only a day short of his 20th birthday. His passenger, Don Mockler, walked away from the crash, dazed but alive, and went for help. Goldsborough was trapped in the wreckage with a head injury for 18 hours before he was rescued, alive but not conscious. All his teeth had been knocked out. He was carried away by rescuers on a makeshift stretcher made from a parachute to the home of Harry C. Jenkins. Goldsborough died on July 16, 1930, at Putnam Memorial Hospital in
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on his 20th birthday, without regaining consciousness.


Funeral

He was buried on July 19, 1930 at Woodlawn Cemetery in the
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sent flowers. His body was moved by his stepmother and reburied on 30 July 1930 to
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in
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,
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. His stepmother, Gertrude Jacobi Goldsborough, and her mother Anna Marie Hoehn Jacobi are buried there as well.


Timeline

* 1910 Birth * 1930 Set transcontinental airspeed record * 1930 US Census at 4114 75th Street in Queens, New York * 1930 Died in crash in Vermont


Junior transcontinental air speed record holders

* 1930 Frank Herbert Goldsborough. * 1930
Eddie August Schneider Eddie August Henry Schneider (October 20, 1911 – December 23, 1940) was an American aviator who set three transcontinental airspeed records for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930. His plane was a Cessna Model AW with a Warner-Scar ...
. * 1930 Robert Nietzel Buck.''
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; October 5, 1930; Boy flier plans return air trip.


See also

*
1930 in aviation This is a list of aviation-related events from 1930: Events * The Surrey Aero Club inaugurates recreational flights from Gatwick Race Course (now London Gatwick Airport). * The German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127 ''Graf Zeppelin'' make ...


References


Further reading

* ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''; April 29, 1930; page 18: "Boy flies from
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to
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'', April 30, 1930, page 05: "Goldsborough held at
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by weather: by Frank Goldsborough" * ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', May 1, 1930, page 36: "Goldsborough bucks wind" * ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', May 4, 1930, page 03: "Goldsborough forced back by storm: by Frank Goldsborough" * ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', May 5, 1930, page 33: "Goldsborough ends flight with record: by Frank Goldsborough. New York Boy Lands at Los Angeles, Cutting 14 Hours Off Junior Coast-to-Coast Mark. Braved Bad Weather. Youth Spent 34 Hours and 3 Minutes in Air on Trip From Westfield, New Jersey Former Record Was 48 Hours. Los Angeles, California; May 4, 1930. Rain held me up at
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, until this morning. Then heavy fog and rain made it necessary for me to wait until after 12 o'clock before it was possible to take off for Los Angeles." * ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', May 8, 1930, page 08: "Hop today planned by Goldsborough: by Frank Goldsborough" * ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', May 9, 1930, page 15: "Goldsborough lands at El Paso for the night" * ''
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'', May 10, 1930, page 03: "Goldsborough races storm to Tulsa: by Frank Goldsborough" * ''
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'', May 12, 1930, page 03: "Flier, 19 ends trip minus compass: by Frank Goldsborough" *
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, July 16, 1930, page 01: "Frank Goldsborough Joins Father in Death. Crash Injuries Fatal to Son of Flier Who Died in Ocean Mystery. Goldsborough Dies of Crash Injuries. Son of Flier Who Lost Life in Atlantic Mystery Passes in Coma. Held Airplane Records.
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, July 16, 1930 (
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)" * ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', July 16, 1930, page 03: "Find Goldsborough near death on peak" * ''
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'', July 17, 1930, page 01: "Goldsborough, boy flier, dies of injuries. Unconscious to End After Vermont Crash. Bennington, Vermont; July 16, 1930." * ''
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'', July 18, 1930, page 28: "Goldsborough felt warning of disaster. Tonawanda Man Discloses That Flier Left Dog Mascot With Him. Funeral Here Today.
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; July 17, 1930 (Associated Press)" * ''
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'', July 19, 1930, page 06: . Lindbergh Sends Flowers to Funeral of 19-Year-Old Victim of Plane Crash. Funeral services for Frank Goldsborough, 19-year-old son of the late Brice Goldsborough, who disappeared at sea in the transatlantic amphibian Dawn in 1927, were held yesterday." * ''
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'', July 28, 1930 {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsborough, Frank 1910 births 1930 deaths Accidental deaths in Vermont American aviation record holders Aviators from Washington, D.C. Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1930 Burials at Kensico Cemetery