William R. Badger

American aviator
Badger in 1911

William R. Badger (1886 – August 15, 1911) was a wealthy pioneer aviator. He was orphaned early in life and inherited a sizable fortune from his parents. He and fellow aviator St. Croix Johnstone of Chicago died in two separate incidents on the same day at the 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet at Grant Park.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "William R. Badger". Early Aviators. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  2. ^ "W.R. Badger Crushed by His Engine and St. Croix Johnstone Drowned at Chicago". New York Times. August 16, 1911. Retrieved 2010-11-07.

External links

  • full body portrait of William Badger(ebay cloud)
  • some William R. Badger related portraits(archived)
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Aviators killed in early aviation accidents
   
Aug 11, 1896Otto Lilienthal
Oct 2, 1899 Percy Pilcher
Jul 18, 1905Daniel J. Maloney
Sep 17, 1908Thomas Selfridge
Sep 7, 1909Eugène Lefebvre
Sep 22, 1909Ferdinand Ferber
Dec 6, 1909Antonio Fernández Santillana
Jan 4, 1910Léon Delagrange
Apr 2, 1910Hubert Le Blon
Jul 12, 1910Charles Rolls
Aug 3, 1910Nicolas Kinet
Sep 27, 1910Jorge Chávez
Nov 17, 1910Ralph Johnstone
Dec 31, 1910Archibald Hoxsey
Dec 31, 1910John Moisant
Jan 9, 1911Edvard Rusjan
May 10, 1911George E. M. Kelly
Jun 18, 1911Léon Lemartin
Jul 21, 1911Denise Moore
Aug 15, 1911William R. Badger
Aug 15, 1911St. Croix Johnstone
Sep 8, 1911 Carlos Tenaud
Sep 16, 1911 Édouard Nieuport
Sep 17, 1911 Reginald Archibald Cammell
Sep 29, 1911 Paul Engelhard
Oct 19, 1911 Eugene Ely
Oct 31, 1911 John Montgomery
Dec 2, 1911Tod Shriver
Feb 17, 1912 Graham Gilmour
Mar 10, 1912 Suzanne Bernard
Apr 3, 1912Calbraith Rogers
Apr 17, 1912John Verrept
Jul 1, 1912 Harriet Quimby
Jul 5, 1912 Eustace Loraine
Sep 28, 1912 Lewis C. Rockwell
Sep 28, 1912 Frank S. Scott
Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke
May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur
Aug 7, 1913Samuel Franklin Cody
Sep 13, 1913Aurel Vlaicu
Dec 10, 1913Léon Letort