Obit: CRAWFORD, Harvey
Author: diana satterfield Date: 4 Mar 2006 9:37 PM GMT
Surnames: Crawford, McNeily
Classification: Obituary
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Harvey Crawford Aviation Pioneer
Harvey Crawford,an aviation pioneer, passed away at the Antelope Valley Hospital on Nov. 9 at the age of 83.
Harvey was born in Missouri on Nov. 11, 1889, but had spent most of his life on the West Coast in Washington and California.
He had a big write-up in the Sept. 7, 1961 edition of Mojave Desert News when the Early Birds, a pioneer aviators' organization, honored him with the presentation of a 50-year plaque. But his interest in aviation started long before the 50 years. In 1903, at the age of 14, he soared 10,000 feet hanging to a balloon filled with smoke. He claimed he tried to fly even earlier t h an that by jumping off the barn roof with an umbrella. He landed on his head.
In 1912 he flew the first air mall to advertise the Valley Fair by carrying the mail from Puyallup to Tacoma, Wash. He flew Crawford's Puget Sound Aerial Mail at the unbelievable speed of sixty mph.
He won the amateur class prize money in the Third International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, Los Angeles in a ship of his own design. It had a 2-cycle, 6 cylinder, water coo1ed Emerson motor. He flew the course in three hours and 20 min..
The Crawford All-Metal Airplane Co. built the first all metal plane in 1924 in L.A. because he was convinced that metal planes were the future of aviation.
He also invented and designed the first pressurized cabins used on planes, and a small control device used on, submarines during both the World Wars.
His interest as a chemist and metalurgist first brought him to the Mojave Desert during the mining boom. He and his late wife Mildred, lived at the Pride of Mojave mine for several years, but since her passing, he has been at the Golden Queen with W. H. Rassmussen.
Mr. Crawford is survived by three brothers, Ed and Jim of Hollister, John of San Jose, and a sister, Esther McNeily of Brookings, Ore.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 11th at Stickel Mortuary, who have charge of arrangements.
(Transcribers Note: Mr. Crawford is buried in the East Kern Cemetery, Mojave, Kern County, California.)
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Author: diana satterfield Date: 4 Mar 2006 9:37 PM GMT
Surnames: Crawford, McNeily
Classification: Obituary
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Harvey Crawford Aviation Pioneer
Harvey Crawford,an aviation pioneer, passed away at the Antelope Valley Hospital on Nov. 9 at the age of 83.
Harvey was born in Missouri on Nov. 11, 1889, but had spent most of his life on the West Coast in Washington and California.
He had a big write-up in the Sept. 7, 1961 edition of Mojave Desert News when the Early Birds, a pioneer aviators' organization, honored him with the presentation of a 50-year plaque. But his interest in aviation started long before the 50 years. In 1903, at the age of 14, he soared 10,000 feet hanging to a balloon filled with smoke. He claimed he tried to fly even earlier t h an that by jumping off the barn roof with an umbrella. He landed on his head.
In 1912 he flew the first air mall to advertise the Valley Fair by carrying the mail from Puyallup to Tacoma, Wash. He flew Crawford's Puget Sound Aerial Mail at the unbelievable speed of sixty mph.
He won the amateur class prize money in the Third International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, Los Angeles in a ship of his own design. It had a 2-cycle, 6 cylinder, water coo1ed Emerson motor. He flew the course in three hours and 20 min..
The Crawford All-Metal Airplane Co. built the first all metal plane in 1924 in L.A. because he was convinced that metal planes were the future of aviation.
He also invented and designed the first pressurized cabins used on planes, and a small control device used on, submarines during both the World Wars.
His interest as a chemist and metalurgist first brought him to the Mojave Desert during the mining boom. He and his late wife Mildred, lived at the Pride of Mojave mine for several years, but since her passing, he has been at the Golden Queen with W. H. Rassmussen.
Mr. Crawford is survived by three brothers, Ed and Jim of Hollister, John of San Jose, and a sister, Esther McNeily of Brookings, Ore.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 11th at Stickel Mortuary, who have charge of arrangements.
(Transcribers Note: Mr. Crawford is buried in the East Kern Cemetery, Mojave, Kern County, California.)
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Obit: CRAWFORD, Harvey
Author: diana satterfield Date: 4 Mar 2006 9:37 PM GMT
Surnames: Crawford, McNeily
Classification: Obituary
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Harvey Crawford Aviation Pioneer
Harvey Crawford,an aviation pioneer, passed away at the Antelope Valley Hospital on Nov. 9 at the age of 83.
Harvey was born in Missouri on Nov. 11, 1889, but had spent most of his life on the West Coast in Washington and California.
He had a big write-up in the Sept. 7, 1961 edition of Mojave Desert News when the Early Birds, a pioneer aviators' organization, honored him with the presentation of a 50-year plaque. But his interest in aviation started long before the 50 years. In 1903, at the age of 14, he soared 10,000 feet hanging to a balloon filled with smoke. He claimed he tried to fly even earlier t h an that by jumping off the barn roof with an umbrella. He landed on his head.
In 1912 he flew the first air mall to advertise the Valley Fair by carrying the mail from Puyallup to Tacoma, Wash. He flew Crawford's Puget Sound Aerial Mail at the unbelievable speed of sixty mph.
He won the amateur class prize money in the Third International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, Los Angeles in a ship of his own design. It had a 2-cycle, 6 cylinder, water coo1ed Emerson motor. He flew the course in three hours and 20 min..
The Crawford All-Metal Airplane Co. built the first all metal plane in 1924 in L.A. because he was convinced that metal planes were the future of aviation.
He also invented and designed the first pressurized cabins used on planes, and a small control device used on, submarines during both the World Wars.
His interest as a chemist and metalurgist first brought him to the Mojave Desert during the mining boom. He and his late wife Mildred, lived at the Pride of Mojave mine for several years, but since her passing, he has been at the Golden Queen with W. H. Rassmussen.
Mr. Crawford is survived by three brothers, Ed and Jim of Hollister, John of San Jose, and a sister, Esther McNeily of Brookings, Ore.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 11th at Stickel Mortuary, who have charge of arrangements.
(Transcribers Note: Mr. Crawford is buried in the East Kern Cemetery, Mojave, Kern County, California.)
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Author: diana satterfield Date: 4 Mar 2006 9:37 PM GMT
Surnames: Crawford, McNeily
Classification: Obituary
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Harvey Crawford Aviation Pioneer
Harvey Crawford,an aviation pioneer, passed away at the Antelope Valley Hospital on Nov. 9 at the age of 83.
Harvey was born in Missouri on Nov. 11, 1889, but had spent most of his life on the West Coast in Washington and California.
He had a big write-up in the Sept. 7, 1961 edition of Mojave Desert News when the Early Birds, a pioneer aviators' organization, honored him with the presentation of a 50-year plaque. But his interest in aviation started long before the 50 years. In 1903, at the age of 14, he soared 10,000 feet hanging to a balloon filled with smoke. He claimed he tried to fly even earlier t h an that by jumping off the barn roof with an umbrella. He landed on his head.
In 1912 he flew the first air mall to advertise the Valley Fair by carrying the mail from Puyallup to Tacoma, Wash. He flew Crawford's Puget Sound Aerial Mail at the unbelievable speed of sixty mph.
He won the amateur class prize money in the Third International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, Los Angeles in a ship of his own design. It had a 2-cycle, 6 cylinder, water coo1ed Emerson motor. He flew the course in three hours and 20 min..
The Crawford All-Metal Airplane Co. built the first all metal plane in 1924 in L.A. because he was convinced that metal planes were the future of aviation.
He also invented and designed the first pressurized cabins used on planes, and a small control device used on, submarines during both the World Wars.
His interest as a chemist and metalurgist first brought him to the Mojave Desert during the mining boom. He and his late wife Mildred, lived at the Pride of Mojave mine for several years, but since her passing, he has been at the Golden Queen with W. H. Rassmussen.
Mr. Crawford is survived by three brothers, Ed and Jim of Hollister, John of San Jose, and a sister, Esther McNeily of Brookings, Ore.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 11th at Stickel Mortuary, who have charge of arrangements.
(Transcribers Note: Mr. Crawford is buried in the East Kern Cemetery, Mojave, Kern County, California.)
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