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Ralph Johnstone
Ralph Greenley Johnstone (September 18, 1880 – November 17, 1910) was the first American pilot to die in an airplane crash. He and Archibald Hoxsey were known as the "heavenly twins" for their attempts to break altitude records.
==Biography==
He was born on September 18, 1880 in Parsons, Kansas.〔The birth date of September 18, 1880 comes from his July 21, 1904 and September 19, 1905 applications for a United States passport. His March 6, 1902 passport application uses September 18, 1881. His tombstone uses September 18, 1879. The Centennial of Flight commission erroneously says: "Born 1886, Kansas City, Missouri".〕
He started as a vaudeville trick bicycle rider that performed a mid-air forward somersault. He became a Wright exhibition team pilot. On October 27, 1910, the International Aviation Tournament was at the Belmont Park race track in Elmont, New York. The meet offered $3,750 for the highest altitude, another $1,000 for a world record and a $5,000 bonus for exceeding 10,000 feet. Johnstone set a new American flight altitude record of 8,471. feet.() During the flight, a gust of wind forced him to fly backwards, and he landed near Artist Lake in Middle Island, New York.
He died on November 17, 1910 in Denver, Colorado in an aircrash.〔
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