carlstrom

3 photos tagged carlstrom, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1915

2010

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swanq said:
A Governor's Island. See comments under

for more on Carlstrom's flight from Chicago to Governor's Island, arriving Nov 3, 1916.
swanq said:
The Independent of Nov 13, 1916, page 272 books.google.com/books?id=TrbPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA273&l... has a photo of Wood and Carlstrom on the same occasion.

swanq said:
www.earlyaviators.com/ecarlstr.htm "Victor Carlstrom was born in Sweden April 13, 1890 and arrived at Ellis Island in 1904 at the age of 14." "Vic Carlstrom flew the big 200 h.p. Curtiss biplane called "The New York Times" to Newport News one day, the one he had flown in a race from Chicago to Governor's Island, New York in eight and one-half hours. " NYT of Nov. 3, 1916 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06E5D8143BE633A... reports on his flight, which broke the American non-stop flight record for the flight from Chicago to Erie, PA (452 miles) and on to Hammondsport, NY that night His plan was to fly on to Governor's Island on Nov. 3. NYT of Nov 4, 1916 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E5DB1430E733A... indicates that he reached Governor's Island ahead of schedule and General Wood had to hurry from his quarters to meet Carlson.
Pete (LOC P&P) said:
thank you swanq for finding more information on Victor Carlstrom. We will include it in the record.
Seuss. said:
Carlstrom is flying the R-7 variant of the Curtiss Model R biplane. It was the only one built.
swanq said:
Flickr user Beckett Gladney must have liked this picture. See www.flickr.com/photos/artbeco/15523008742/
And another photo from the San Diego Air and Space Museum: