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Hugh Robinson (aviator), the Glossary

Hugh Armstrong Robinson (May 13, 1881 – 1963) was a pioneer in the earliest days of aviation, combining his skills of inventor, pilot, and daredevil.^[1]

28 relations: Air-sea rescue, Aircraft pilot, Albert Berry (parachutist), Aviation, Benoist Aircraft, Curtiss Flying School, Curtiss Model E, Eugene Burton Ely, Glenn Curtiss, Invention, Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Monaco, Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport, Neosho, Missouri, North America, Rockwell Field, Roy Blunt, San Diego, Seaplane, St. Louis, St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Stunt performer, Tailhook, Thomas W. Benoist, Tony Jannus, USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), Wall of death, Wright brothers.
Aviators from Missouri

Air-sea rescue

Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue), and aeronautical and maritime search and rescue (AMSAR) by the ICAO and IMO, is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss of their seagoing vessel.

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Albert Berry (parachutist)

Albert Berry (born March 1, 1878, date of death unknown) was one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered airplane.

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Aviation

Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.

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Benoist Aircraft

The Benoist Aircraft Company was an early manufacturer of aircraft in the United States.

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Curtiss Flying School

A Curtiss Jenny on a training flight Curtiss Flying School at North Island, San Diego, California in 1911 The Curtiss Flying School was started by Glenn Curtiss to compete against the Wright Flying School of the Wright brothers.

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Curtiss Model E

The Curtiss Model E was an early aircraft developed by Glenn Curtiss in the United States in 1911.

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Eugene Burton Ely

Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 – October 19, 1911) was an American aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft takeoff and landing. Hugh Robinson (aviator) and Eugene Burton Ely are American aviation pioneers.

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Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. Hugh Robinson (aviator) and Glenn Curtiss are American aerospace engineers, American aviation pioneers and Members of the Early Birds of Aviation.

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Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process.

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Jefferson Barracks Military Post

The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis.

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Monaco

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport

Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Neosho, a city in Newton County, Missouri, United States.

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Neosho, Missouri

Neosho (originally or) is the most populous city in Newton County, Missouri, United States, which it serves as the county seat.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Rockwell Field

Rockwell Field is a former United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) military airfield, located northwest of the city of Coronado, California, on the northern part of the Coronado Peninsula across the bay from San Diego, California.

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Roy Blunt

Roy Dean Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2011 to 2023.

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San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.

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Seaplane

A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.

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St. Louis

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St. Louis Lambert International Airport

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Stunt performer

A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career.

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Tailhook

A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft.

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Thomas W. Benoist

Thomas W. Benoist (December 29, 1874 – June 14, 1917) was an American aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Hugh Robinson (aviator) and Thomas W. Benoist are aviators from Missouri.

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Tony Jannus

Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (July 22, 1889 – October 12, 1916), was an early American pilot whose aerial exploits were widely publicized in aviation's pre-World War I period.

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USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)

The second USS Pennsylvania (ACR/CA-4), also referred to as Armored Cruiser No.

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Wall of death

The wall of death, motordrome, velodrome or well of death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from in diameter and made of wooden planks, inside which motorcyclists, or the drivers of miniature automobiles and tractors travel along the vertical wall and perform stunts, held in place by friction and centrifugal force.

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Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. Hugh Robinson (aviator) and Wright brothers are American aerospace engineers and American aviation pioneers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Robinson_(aviator)

Also known as Hugh Armstrong Robinson.