Richard James (aviator)

Richard James (1911-?) set the junior transcontinental air speed record in 1928. He completed the flight on December 15, 1928, arriving in San Francisco. He had left from New York. The elapsed flying time was 48 hours, spread over one month.[1] His record stood till 1930, when it was broken by Frank Goldsborough.[2][3] He was born in Flushing, Queens and flew an Travel Air.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Richard James". Associated Press in Christian Science Monitor. December 15, 1928. "Curtiss Field, New York (Associated Press) Richard James, 17-year-old pilot, completed on December 15 a transcontinental flight begun October 30 in San Francisco, to win a $1000 prize ..." 
  2. ^ "Flights & Flyers. American Boy.". Time (magazine). May 12, 1930. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752559,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-25. "A flight from New York to Los Angeles, begun on Monday and completed Sunday, is not in itself remarkable." 
  3. ^ "Richard James". Havre Daily News. August 30, 1928. "(Associated Press) Richard James of New York, competing in the Curtiss Field $1000 prize for the youngest flyer to make the transcontinental trip from New York to San Francisco ..." 
  4. ^ "Fliers Risk Lives in Fire at Curtiss Field. Save 5 Planes as Hangar and 3 Ships Burn.". New York Times. March 31, 1929. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0910F93455167A93C3AA1788D85F4D8285F9. Retrieved 2007-11-28. "Curtiss Field, Long Island, Sunday, March 31, 1929. Pilots and mechanics aided by members of the Garden City Fire Department, risked their lives this morning to save five airplanes from a burning hangar on the west corner of the field, where another hangar was attacked by fire a few days ago. ... Among the planes that were saved were the Travelair, in which Richard James, boy pilot of Flushing, made a transcontinental flight a few months ago ..."