Lincoln J. Beachey
Lincoln J. Beachey (March 3, 1887 – March 14, 1915) was a pioneer American aviator and barnstormer. He became famous and wealthy from flying exhibitions, staging aerial stunts, helping invent aerobatics, and setting aviation records.He was known as The Man Who Owns the Sky, and sometimes the Master Birdman. Beachey was acknowledged even by his competitors as "The World's Greatest Aviator". He was "known by sight to hundreds of thousands and by name to the whole world."
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| Birth date | March 03, 1887 |
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| Date of death | March 14, 1915 |
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- http://richard.arthur.norton.googlepages.com/lincolnbeacheybibliography
- http://www.amacord.com/fillmore/museum/beachey.html
- http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/early_exhibition/EX7.htm
- http://www.frankmarrero.com/Beachey/Welcome.html
- http://www.lincolnbeachey.com
- http://www.nfpl.library.on.ca/nfplindex/search.asp?search=1&db=5&idx=ti&query=beachey
- http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/sep/20/loop-loop
- http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/130880883.html