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Arthur Burr Stone (1874–1943)〔(Arthur B. Stone ) at earlyaviators.com〕 also known as A. B. Stone and "Wizard" Stone, was an American aviation pioneer. ==Biography== He was born in 1874. Stone fell into Lake Michigan from a height of 1,000 feet on 17 August 1911.〔 Stone was test pilot for the Queen Aircraft Company.〔 Stone came to Australia in 1912-13 and flew his Bleriot monoplane in exhibitions. Bert Hinkler became his mechanic. Stone was also a motorcycle wall-of-death rider.〔 Stone also toured New Zealand, and flew at Auckland Domain on 19 April 1913, where "The aircraft made a forced landing after 400 yards; it and the pilot were attacked by members of the disgruntled crowd who felt they had not got their money’s worth."〔(‘Wizard’ Stone’s flight ) Explore Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand〕 Stone was in Hamilton on May 12th, then on the 4th of June the monoplane was "written off by a fence on the boundary of Napier's racecourse."() Arthur Burr (Wizard) Stone was earmarked to carry the first Government official airmail from Melbourne to Sydney on the 23 May 1914. Five days before the scheduled flight, the American barnstormer, while test flying his Metz-Bleriot at Sunshine, Victoria, suffered a mishap and damaged the plane. The flight was cancelled and the mail was carried to Sydney by rail. He died in 1943. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Burr Stone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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