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US Army Air Service aviator Lt. William DeVoe Coney (Nov. 20, 1893 - Mar. 30, 1921), standing beside the Atlantic DH-4M-2 aircraft (a DeHavilland DH.4 built under license in the U.S.) (USAAS Ser. No. A.S. 63385) he flew during a transcontinental flight in February 1921. From Wikipedia - United States Army Air Service: On February 24, 1921, 1st Lt. William D. Coney of the 91st Aero Squadron completed a transcontinental flight of 22.5 hours flying time from Rockwell Field, California, to Pablo Beach, Florida, in a DeHavilland DH-4, which carried enough fuel for 14 hours of flight. However he had left Rockwell on February 21 intending to complete the flight within 24 hours, making just one stop in Dallas, Texas, but was thwarted by bad weather and engine problems. One month later, taking off at 1:00 a.m. of March 25, he repeated the attempt going in the opposite direction, but developed engine problems while flying low in a fog near Crowville, Louisiana, southeast of Monroe. He crashed into a tree trying to land and was severely injured, dying five days later in a Natchez, Mississippi hospital. See also: www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/william-devoe-coney/

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US Army Air Service aviator Lt. William DeVoe Coney (Nov. 20, 1893 - Mar. 30, 1921), standing beside the Atlantic DH-4M-2 aircraft (a DeHavilland DH.4 built under license in the U.S.) (USAAS Ser. No. A.S. 63385) he flew during a transcontinental flight in February 1921. From Wikipedia - United States Army Air Service: On February 24, 1921, 1st Lt. William D. Coney of the 91st Aero Squadron completed a transcontinental flight of 22.5 hours flying time from Rockwell Field, California, to Pablo Beach, Florida, in a DeHavilland DH-4, which carried enough fuel for 14 hours of flight. However he had left Rockwell on February 21 intending to complete the flight within 24 hours, making just one stop in Dallas, Texas, but was thwarted by bad weather and engine problems. One month later, taking off at 1:00 a.m. of March 25, he repeated the attempt going in the opposite direction, but developed engine problems while flying low in a fog near Crowville, Louisiana, southeast of Monroe. He crashed into a tree trying to land and was severely injured, dying five days later in a Natchez, Mississippi hospital. See also: www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/william-devoe-coney/

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This photo was published in the Bisbee daily review., February 22, 1921, Image 1 (with article ARMY AVIATOR HOPS OFF IN ATTEMPT TO FLY ACROSS COUNTRY IN 2 HOURS) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1921-02-22/ed-... and in the Evening star. [volume], February 20, 1921, Image 31. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1921-02-20/ed-... About the accident of Lieut. Coney see article with photo in The evening world., March 25, 1921, Final Edition, Image 1 (with photo) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1921-03-25/ed-... and in The Kenna record., April 08, 1921, Image 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93061371/1921-04-08/ed-...