1911 International Aviation Meet Postcard (Front)

The 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet (August 12 to August 20, 1911) was major aviation show held at Grant Park in

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in August 1911.Souter, Gerry (28 June 2010
Guts and Glory: The Last Great Aerial Tournament
''Chicago History Journal'', Retrieved December 2, 2015The Chicago daily news almanac and year book for 1912
362–63 (1911)

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set a world altitude record of 11,642 feet at the meet.Lynch, Christopher
Chicago's Midway Airport: the first seventy-five years
(2002) () William R. Badger and St. Croix Johnstone both died in aviation accidents at the meet. The wings on Badger's biplane collapsed when he tried to pull out of dive too late, and Johnstone crashed into

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after his engine failed.

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