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[[Image:Portrait of pilot Arch Hoxsey at the Dominguez Air Meet, ca.1910 (CHS-43570).jpg|thumb|Arch Hoxsey]]

[[Fil:Archibald_Hoxsey_sets_world_altitude_record_front_page_Los_Angeles_Herald.png|høyre|miniatyr|Forsiden av ''Los Angeles Herald'' 27. desember 1910, etter Hoxsey satte høyderekord. Han døde tre dager senere.]]
[[Fil:Theodore_Roosevelt_and_Archibald_Hoxsey_(1910).jpg|høyre|miniatyr|Hoxsey og Teddy Roosevelt før take-off. 11. oktober 1910.]]
'''Archibald Hoxsey''' (født 15. oktober 1884 - død 31. desember 1910) var en Amerikansk flyger som arbeidet  for Br[[Brødrene Wright|ødrene Wright]].
[[en:Archibald Hoxsey]]
== Biografi ==
Hoxsey ble født i Staunton, Illinois 15. oktober 1884. Da han var i begynnelsen av tyveårene flyttet han med sine foreldre til [[Pasadena|Pasadena, California]]. og arbeidet som bilmekaniker og sjåfør. I 1909 -1910 førte hans mekaniske evner til et møte med [[Brødrene Wright]]. I mars 1910 åpnet Brødrene Wright en flyskole i [[Montgomery|Montgomery, Alabama]] og Hoxsey ble lærer der. Der ble han den første flyver som gjennomført en nattflyvning.

Den 11. oktober 1910 på [[Lambert-St. Louis internasjonale lufthavn|Kinloch-feltet]] i [[St. Louis]] tok han [[Theodore Roosevelt]] opp i et fly.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Archives/1910/10/12/TRs-flight-was-risky-flier-says/7117403814718/ Tr's flight was risky, flier says] Includes movie of Roosevelt's flight</ref>

På grunn av deres dristigeforsøk på å sette høyderekorder ble han og [[Ralph Johnstone]] kalt ''«himmelens tvillinger»''

Den 26. desember 1910 satte Hoxsey høyderekord på 3&nbsp;794 [[m]]

Han døde den 31. desember 1910 i [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] etter å falt fra 2&nbsp;100 m mens han prøvde å sette en ny høyderekord. Wright Brothers betalte for begravelsen.<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Hoxsey's Winnings For His Mother. The Wrights Will Also Pay Her a Substantial Sum and Meet the Funeral Expenses|avis=[[New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6081EFC385517738DDDAB0894D9405B818DF1D3|besøksdato=2011-11-15|dato=January 2, 1911|sitat=Hoxsey's body was removed to Pasadena today, where it will lie in a mortuary chapel until Roy Knabenshue of the Wrights' team completes plans for the funeral. All funeral expenses will be borne by the Wright brothers, and a comfortable sum will be presented to Mrs. Hoxsey, his mother. ...}</ref>
Han ble gravlagt i Woodlawn Cenetery, Atkinson, Nebraska, i samme grav som sin far, Archibald Hoxsey, Sr.

== Referanser ==
{{reflist}}

== Eksterne lenker ==
* [http://richard.arthur.norton.googlepages.com/archibaldhoxseybibliography Archibald Hoxsey bibliografi]
* [http://www.earlyaviators.com/ehoxsey.htm Tidlig Flygere: Archibald Hoxsey]
* [http://www.prairiepublic.org/radio/dakota-datebook/page/8?post=4180 Nord-Dakota første fly; avskrift av 19. juli 2006 radio broadcast]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4087 Video av flyet med Theodore Roosevelt i 1910]
* [http://www.wright-brothers.org/Information_Desk/Just_the_Facts/Airplanes/Wright_Airplane_images/Model%20B/Roosevelt_and_Hoxsey.jpg Bilde av Arch Hoxsey Og President Roosevelt som sitter i Wright Flyer før deres avreise]

== Litteratur==
*''The New York Times'', August 20, 1910: «Airmen Play Tag With Moonbeams; Hoxsey And Johnstone Unexpectedly Make Two Night Flights At Asbury Park. Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 19, 1910. With no one to watch them save the night birds and a few invited friends. Arch Hoxsey and Ralph Johnstone, the young Wright airmen, winged their way up among the moonbeams between 10:00 and 10:30 o'clock tonight».
*''The New York Times'', October 9, 1910: «Flight Of 104 Miles Is Made By Hoxsey; In Wright Biplane He Goes From Springfield To St. Louis With A Detour. St. Louis, Missouri; October 8, 1910. After making the longest continuous aeroplane flight recorded in America, Arch Hoxsey, who soared aloft in a Wright biplane at Springfield, Illinois, at 11:56 this morning, landed upon the lawn of the St. Louis Country Club shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon, Although the distance to St. Louis from Springfield is only 88 miles, Hoxsey made a detour that brought his continued flight up to 104 miles.»
*''The New York Times'', Sunday, January 1, 1911: «Wrights Deplore Hoxsey. He Was One Of The Most Promising And Intrepid Of Aviators, They Say. Dayton, Ohio; December 31, 1910. The announcement of the death of Arch Hoxsey at Los Angeles today came as a terrible shock to Wilbur and Orville Wright, but they emphatically declared that they did not care to discuss the accident until they had heard further details and had received a statement of the conditions under which it occurred from some experienced aviator who witnessed it»
*''Time'', Monday, June 11, 1928: «Theodore Roosevelt seated in a plane which was of the "pusher" type: Beneath the picture is the following notation: "Colonel Roosevelt in a Wright Aeroplane at St. Louis. Archibald Hoxsey, who carried the Colonel twice around the Park, a distance of 4½ miles, is seen talking to Mr. Roosevelt, who was most enthusiastic over his experience, declaring he never felt a bit of fear. This picture shows the Colonel as he took his seat. Before starting he took off his hat and put on a cap.»



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Sideversjonen fra 10. mar. 2017 kl. 10:04

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Arch Hoxsey
Forsiden av Los Angeles Herald 27. desember 1910, etter Hoxsey satte høyderekord. Han døde tre dager senere.
Hoxsey og Teddy Roosevelt før take-off. 11. oktober 1910.

Archibald Hoxsey (født 15. oktober 1884 - død 31. desember 1910) var en Amerikansk flyger som arbeidet  for Brødrene Wright.

Biografi

Hoxsey ble født i Staunton, Illinois 15. oktober 1884. Da han var i begynnelsen av tyveårene flyttet han med sine foreldre til Pasadena, California. og arbeidet som bilmekaniker og sjåfør. I 1909 -1910 førte hans mekaniske evner til et møte med Brødrene Wright. I mars 1910 åpnet Brødrene Wright en flyskole i Montgomery, Alabama og Hoxsey ble lærer der. Der ble han den første flyver som gjennomført en nattflyvning.

Den 11. oktober 1910 på Kinloch-feltet i St. Louis tok han Theodore Roosevelt opp i et fly.[1]

På grunn av deres dristigeforsøk på å sette høyderekorder ble han og Ralph Johnstone kalt «himmelens tvillinger»

Den 26. desember 1910 satte Hoxsey høyderekord på 3 794 m

Han døde den 31. desember 1910 i Los Angeles, California etter å falt fra 2 100 m mens han prøvde å sette en ny høyderekord. Wright Brothers betalte for begravelsen.[2] Han ble gravlagt i Woodlawn Cenetery, Atkinson, Nebraska, i samme grav som sin far, Archibald Hoxsey, Sr.

Referanser

  1. ^ Tr's flight was risky, flier says Includes movie of Roosevelt's flight
  2. ^ {{Kilde avis|tittel=Hoxsey's Winnings For His Mother. The Wrights Will Also Pay Her a Substantial Sum and Meet the Funeral Expenses|avis=New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6081EFC385517738DDDAB0894D9405B818DF1D3%7Cbesøksdato=2011-11-15%7Cdato=January 2, 1911|sitat=Hoxsey's body was removed to Pasadena today, where it will lie in a mortuary chapel until Roy Knabenshue of the Wrights' team completes plans for the funeral. All funeral expenses will be borne by the Wright brothers, and a comfortable sum will be presented to Mrs. Hoxsey, his mother. ...}

Eksterne lenker

Litteratur

  • The New York Times, August 20, 1910: «Airmen Play Tag With Moonbeams; Hoxsey And Johnstone Unexpectedly Make Two Night Flights At Asbury Park. Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 19, 1910. With no one to watch them save the night birds and a few invited friends. Arch Hoxsey and Ralph Johnstone, the young Wright airmen, winged their way up among the moonbeams between 10:00 and 10:30 o'clock tonight».
  • The New York Times, October 9, 1910: «Flight Of 104 Miles Is Made By Hoxsey; In Wright Biplane He Goes From Springfield To St. Louis With A Detour. St. Louis, Missouri; October 8, 1910. After making the longest continuous aeroplane flight recorded in America, Arch Hoxsey, who soared aloft in a Wright biplane at Springfield, Illinois, at 11:56 this morning, landed upon the lawn of the St. Louis Country Club shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon, Although the distance to St. Louis from Springfield is only 88 miles, Hoxsey made a detour that brought his continued flight up to 104 miles.»
  • The New York Times, Sunday, January 1, 1911: «Wrights Deplore Hoxsey. He Was One Of The Most Promising And Intrepid Of Aviators, They Say. Dayton, Ohio; December 31, 1910. The announcement of the death of Arch Hoxsey at Los Angeles today came as a terrible shock to Wilbur and Orville Wright, but they emphatically declared that they did not care to discuss the accident until they had heard further details and had received a statement of the conditions under which it occurred from some experienced aviator who witnessed it»
  • Time, Monday, June 11, 1928: «Theodore Roosevelt seated in a plane which was of the "pusher" type: Beneath the picture is the following notation: "Colonel Roosevelt in a Wright Aeroplane at St. Louis. Archibald Hoxsey, who carried the Colonel twice around the Park, a distance of 4½ miles, is seen talking to Mr. Roosevelt, who was most enthusiastic over his experience, declaring he never felt a bit of fear. This picture shows the Colonel as he took his seat. Before starting he took off his hat and put on a cap.»