On march 5-7th glen curtis brought his flying team to Portland Oregon .
They flew 2 Curtis bi planes. One was a 4 cylinder model the other the famous Rheims Racer that was powered by a v-8 motor. these planes were very flimsey and could crash at any time . The pilots rarely lived more than a year or two.
The picture with the plane chasing an auto was the four cylinder d model.
The picture showing a plane in flight with a crowd below and Mt Tabor in the background was the 8cylinder Rheims Racer. It was flown by Charles Hamilton who was said to carry a pistol ,smoked cigarettes like a house on fire and bottle of whiskey on every flight. He was very crazy and eventually died 3years later of the effects of this hard fast life.
Thank you for bringing this thrilling history to the attention of us youngsters.
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