On October 6, 1923, Skeel won the second running of the Mitchell Trophy Race in St. Louis, Missouri, with his MB-3A reaching a speed of 161 mph (258 km/h).
Skeel had boasted that he intended to win the Pulitzer Trophy Race at Wilbur Wright Field. Instead, he was killed on October 4, 1924,[1] when the wings of his Curtiss broke away from the fuselage when he was still at 2,000 feet (615 m), and he went into a dive at about 275 mph (440 km/h).
^"Capt. Skeel Killed in Dayton Air Race; 50,000 See Plunge; Plane Crumples as Army Officer Dives for Start in Pulitzer Prize Contest", The New York Times, October 5, 1924, p.1
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burt, skeel, burt, eugene, skeel, united, states, army, service, civilian, pilot, burt, eugene, skeelskeel, september, 1924born, 1894, 1894east, cleveland, ohiodiedoctober, 1924, 1924, aged, dayton, ohiocause, deathairplane, crashawardsmitchell, trophy, racebi. Burt Eugene Skeel was a United States Army Air Service and civilian pilot Burt Eugene SkeelSkeel on September 25 1924Born 1894 05 05 May 5 1894East Cleveland OhioDiedOctober 4 1924 1924 10 04 aged 30 Dayton OhioCause of deathairplane crashAwardsMitchell Trophy RaceBiography editHe was born on May 5 1894 in East Cleveland Ohio to Frank E and Artemisia Edgerton Skeel Skeel commanded the 27th Pursuit Squadron of the First Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field in Mount Clemens Michigan On October 6 1923 Skeel won the second running of the Mitchell Trophy Race in St Louis Missouri with his MB 3A reaching a speed of 161 mph 258 km h Skeel had boasted that he intended to win the Pulitzer Trophy Race at Wilbur Wright Field Instead he was killed on October 4 1924 1 when the wings of his Curtiss broke away from the fuselage when he was still at 2 000 feet 615 m and he went into a dive at about 275 mph 440 km h Camp Skeel in Oscoda Michigan was named in his memory References edit Capt Skeel Killed in Dayton Air Race 50 000 See Plunge Plane Crumples as Army Officer Dives for Start in Pulitzer Prize Contest The New York Times October 5 1924 p 1 nbsp This biographical article related to aviation is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Burt E Skeel amp oldid 1206230412, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
