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Date: | 03-OCT-1910 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Antoinette IV |
Owner/operator: | Rene Thomas |
Registration: | |
C/n / msn: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Milan -
Italy
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | Milan, Italy |
Destination airport: | Milan, Italy |
Narrative:The first documented case of a mid-air collision involving two fixed-wing aircraft occurred during the "Milano Circuito Aereo Internazionale" meeting in Italy on 1 October 1910.
Frenchman René Thomas, flying an Antoinette IV monoplane, collided with British Army Captain Bertram Dickson who was flying a Farman III biplane. The Antoinette IV reportedly hit the tail of the Farman. Both pilots survived; however Bertram Dickson suffered internal injuries and never fully recovered from these injuries, and died on 28 September 1913.
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm 2.
https://books.google.nl/books?id=Sd4DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&hl=nl&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q=Milan&f=false 3.
https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10304784&wwwflag=2&imagepos=40 4.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1910/1910%20-%200830.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thomas_(racing_driver)#Aviation
Artists impression of the collision:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2018 10:58 |
harro |
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12-Feb-2019 19:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
12-Feb-2019 19:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
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