He began as a balloonist, then was accepted as a student in the Wright School of Aviation in August of 1911. He described his personal moodswing as rather dramatic: "When you enter the Wright School of Aviation here, they warn you of two things - a dismal feeling that comes in the beginning of the course that you don't really want to fly so much after all, and the belief that comes after you make your first trip alone that you can fly from New York to San Francisco immediately.... After my twlefth lesson, when I had flown the machine around the field several times without any assistance, I ceased calling my instructor "Mr. Turpin" and said, 'Well Turpi, I guess I am a birdman.'"
He began as a balloonist, then was accepted as a student in the Wright School of Aviation in August of 1911. He described his personal moodswing as rather dramatic: "When you enter the Wright School of Aviation here, they warn you of two things - a dismal feeling that comes in the beginning of the course that you don't really want to fly so much after all, and the belief that comes after you make your first trip alone that you can fly from New York to San Francisco immediately.... After my twlefth lesson, when I had flown the machine around the field several times without any assistance, I ceased calling my instructor "Mr. Turpin" and said, 'Well Turpi, I guess I am a birdman.'"
Gravesite Details
Age 28
Family Members
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Catharine Mary Drew
1875–1894
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Tankerville Joseph Drew Sr
1876–1910
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Elizabeth Drew Wickham
1877–1959
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Helen A. Drew
1878–1904
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Francis B. Drew
1879–1894
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George I. Drew
1881–1924
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Mary Ann Drew
1882–1943
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Emma Drew Catlin
1886–1962
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Ann Drew Platt
1888–1964
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Margaret M. Drew Wilson
1891–1936
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Francis Aloysius Drew
1896–1933
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