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Dayton-Wright "Gordon Bennett" racer (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    1920's tournament in France was the final Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy race, a competition that was held six times, and began in 1909.
    "The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was an international airplane racing trophy awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr., the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper. The trophy is one of three Gordon Bennett awards: Bennett was also the sponsor of an automobile race and a ballooning competition."
    The pictured plane competed, but did not finish the race.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_(aeroplanes) See also Mrs. D.J. Mahoney, Christens Dayton - Wright plane (LOC)J.G. Bennett (LOC)Curtiss Arrow for Gordon Bennett Race (LOC)

Mrs. D.J. Mahoney, Christens Dayton - Wright plane (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • TVL1970 said:
    "Mrs. D.J. Mahoney" is Helen Harding Cox Mahoney (1896-1921), daughter of former Ohio governor and 1920 Democratic Party presidential nominee, James M. Cox. She is shaking hands with aviator Howard Rinehart, one of the Dayton-Wright RB-1 co-designers. (As mentioned in the note above, he is the "R" in the "RB-1" model designation. The "B" is co-designer Milton C. Baumann.) Helen Cox was married to Daniel J. Mahoney (1889-1963), general manager for one of the newspapers owned by her father. Her father's business would eventually become today's Cox Communications. Sadly, she would pass away the following year at the age of 25, after suffering from a bout of pneumonia. See: www.findagrave.com/memorial/145206723/helen-harding-mahoney www.findagrave.com/memorial/179129316/daniel-j-mahoney
  • TVL1970 said:
    Here is Helen Cox Mahoney earlier in the LoC Bain Flickr photostream:
  • Art Siegel said:
    "Dismantled and shipped to France, the RB-1 was flown by Howard Rinehart in the 28 September 1920 race, but was forced to withdraw after a cable failure prevented full retraction of the gear/flap mechanism,"
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton-Wright_Racer
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Dayton-Wright [plane] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • TVL1970 said:
    This is the Dayton-Wright RB-1 Racer, built to compete in the 1920 Gordon Bennett Cup (like the Verville-Packard R-1 Racer also in the most recent posting of Bain photos). It is still extant as an exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton-Wright_Racer
  • Art Siegel said:
    "Dismantled and shipped to France, the RB-1 was flown by Howard Rinehart in the 28 September 1920 race, but was forced to withdraw after a cable failure prevented full retraction of the gear/flap mechanism,"
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton-Wright_Racer
    See comment under Dayton-Wright