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Farnum Thayer Fish (5 October 1896 – 30 July 1978) was an early American airplane pilot known as the "Boy Aviator".〔 He was, at the age of 15, the "youngest licensed aviator in the world".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Farnum T. Fish Collection 1912 )〕〔 Still youngest licensed aviator at age 18.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Farnum T. Fish )〕 ==Biography== He was born in Los Angeles, California on October 5, 1896 to a wealthy physician. Fish enrolled in the Wright Flying School near Dayton, Ohio in 1911 at the age of 15.〔 He stated in a 1971 newspaper article that he received four hours of lessons from Orville Wright.〔 Includes contemporary photo of him.〕 On January 12, 1912, the Aero Club of America issued him Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Airplane Pilot's Certificate #85.〔 Fish immediately bought a Wright Model B biplane and had it shipped to California, where he flew it in an air meet at Dominguez Field in Los Angeles which ran from January 20 to 26, 1912.〔〔 On January 21, he had a close call when "he plunged earthward from a height of 1000 feet ''(m )'', his biplane righting itself when less than 200 feet ''(m )'' from the ground"〔 "The young flier ... stated that his machine dropped through a 'hole' in the air, and that he managed by desperate clinging to keep his seat until he encountered another current that bore him up."〔 Undeterred, he then participated in another meet at Emeryville〔 Race Track, also in California, which lasted from February 17 to 21 of the same year.〔 During this meet, he carried the first airmail to Oakland.〔 Next came a small meet in April at the Coronado Polo Grounds in San Diego, where he again carried airmail.〔 According to one source, it was here that Fish angered Glenn Curtiss when he landed without invitation on Curtiss's airfield.〔 On May 17, 1912, Fish was arrested "after landing his Wright Model B (with a woman passenger) in Grant Park"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cicero Flying Field: Origin, Operation, Obscurity and Legacy – 1891–1916 )〕 in Chicago.〔 He avoided a fine by claiming engine trouble. The ''Milwaukee Journal'' sponsored his non-stop, flight from Cicero Field, Chicago along Lake Michigan to Milwaukee on May 25, carrying ''Journal'' newspapers, mail and 〔 or 〔 of silk consigned to a department store. He made the trip in record time, either 2 hours 18 minutes〔 or 2 hours 20 minutes.〔 On May 29, ''The New York Times'' reported he had "made a fifty-mile ''(km )'' flight from Milwaukee to Watertown, Wis., carrying newspapers to the cities en route. It was the first use of an aeroplane in the circulating of newspapers." The ''Journal'' stated that he had set a distance record for carrying a passenger, his mechanic Herbert Hazzard, on the return trip to Milwaukee. On July 9, Fish wrecked his airplane while performing stunts at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. He lost control after a wing touched the water. Fish and his student Jack McGee were thrown , landing in water deep enough to break their fall. On July 31, Fish and a student survived a crash at Atwood Park in Saugus, Massachusetts after Fish's aircraft hit an air pocket, dropped , crashed into a pole, turned upside-down and fell to the ground. Fish suffered only minor injuries, while Morris Shoemanhorne had a bruised head and a badly twisted right ankle. On October 6, the ''Milwaukee Journal'' reported that the "young birdman" had taken aloft photographer Fred Wagner to take aerial pictures of automobile races for "a large part of the six hours that the races lasted." The ''Boston Evening Transcript'' noted on November 15, 1912 that the Aero Club of America had suspended Fish's license until July 1, 1913 for "violation of the rule prohibiting flying over sporting events, games and other public assemblies. Both Beachey and Fish have been frequently reported as performing difficult and dangerous feats above crowds of spectators". Fish was apparently something of a juvenile delinquent. The November 4, 1914 ''Oakland Tribune'' reported that he had been charged with trying to steal an automobile as a "Halloween joke", also noting that he had previously been involved "in several bizarre episodes which brought him to the notice of the Los Angeles juvenile court". 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「Farnum Fish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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