| 词条 | Charles W. "Speed" Holman |
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|name = Charles W. Holman |image = Charles_W._"Speed"_Holman_(1898-1931).jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = Charles Willis Holman |birth_date = December 27, 1898[1] |birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota |death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|5|17|1898|12|27}} |death_place = Omaha, Nebraska |death_cause = |resting_place = Acacia Park Cemetery Mendota Heights, Minnesota[2] |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = |home_town = |title = |salary = $4,000 in 1929 (${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|4000|1929|r=2}}}} today) |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relations = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }}Charles Willis "Speed" Holman (December 27, 1898 – May 17, 1931) was an American stunt pilot, barnstormer, wing walker, parachutist, airmail pilot, record holding aviator, and airline pilot. Born in Bloomington, Minnesota, he was the first pilot hired by Northwest Airways in 1926. In 1928, Holman set a world's record of 1,433 consecutive loops in an airplane in five hours over the St. Paul Airport.[3] BiographyHe was born in Bloomington, Minnesota on December 27, 1898. In 1917 Holman raced motorcycles at the Minnesota State Fair, earning the nickname "Slim", and later, "Speed". In 1918, Holman offered to work as a mechanic in exchange for flying lessons with Walter Bullock. To earn money, he quickly added parachute jumps and wingwalking to his skills. In 1924 Holman won second place in the "on to Dayton" race. In 1926 he became an airmail pilot on the CAM-9 route from Minneapolis to Chicago, along with Matty Laird. In 1927 he won the New York to Spokane cross country air derby in a Laird commercial biplane.[4] CAM-9 was reorganized by William Bushnell Stout with several financiers to form Northwest Airlines, hiring Holman as its first pilot, later becoming its chief pilot.[5][6] Holman's first pilot's license, issued in 1927, was signed by Orville Wright.[7][8] By 1929, Holman was a leading pilot for Northwest airlines, gaining more notoriety becoming the fourth person in the world to perform the outside loop, and first to do so in a commercial aircraft.[9] Holman became a major investor in the airline, buying $2,000 worth of stock.[10] In 1930 Matty Laird was commissioned to build a racing plane based on the Laird Speedwing by B.F. Goodrich's Lee Schoenhair for the 1930 Thompson Trophy race. Schoenhair backed out of the project, believing the aircraft would not be tested in time. Laird entered the Laird Solution with Holman as the pilot only a few minutes after Holman flew the aircraft on its maiden flight. He won the race at average speed of 201.91 mph[11] Holman died in an accident during on May 17, 1931 at the opening of an airport in Omaha, Nebraska in front of 20,000 spectators, at age 32. His funeral was one of the largest yet held in St. Paul. LegacyHolman Field, St. Paul Downtown Airport is named in honor of Speed Holman, as was Holman street in St. Paul, Minnesota.[12] Holman is also inducted in the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. References1. ^{{cite web|title=Find a Grave|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14020952|accessdate=17 May 2012}} 2. ^{{cite book|title=Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota|author=Stew Thornley|page=19}} 3. ^(nd) Ask A Historian {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603104841/http://www.rchs.com/Ask%20The%20Historian/ask_the_historianarchive.htm |date=2012-06-03 }}. Ramsey County Historical Society. Retrieved 5/31/07. 4. ^{{cite journal|magazine=Popular Aviation|date=November 1927|title=The National Air Races|page=7}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=American Aviation|author1=Joe Christy |author2=LeRoy Cook |page=110}} 6. ^{{cite journal|magazine=Popular Aviation|date=July 1931|title=A tribute to Speed Holman|author=George Smedal}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Sporting license, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 1927. Charles W. Holman papers.|url=http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/01002/pdfa/01002-00006.pdf|website=Minnesota Historical Society|accessdate=25 October 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Charles W. Holman Collection Returns to Minnesota|last1=Williamson|first1=Lori|url=http://discussions.mnhs.org/collections/2011/04/charles-w-holman-collection-returns-to-minnesota/|website=Minnesota Historical Society|accessdate=25 October 2016|date=April 15, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite journal|magazine=Popular Aviation|date=July 1929|page=8}} 10. ^{{cite book|title=Top Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses|author=Robert B. Pile|page=20}} 11. ^{{cite journal|magazine=Flying Magazine|date=September 1977|title=The Solution |author=Ted West}} 12. ^{{cite book|title=The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul|author1=Donald Empson |author2=Don Boxmeyer |author3=Kathleen M. Vadnais |page=130}} External links{{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, Charles}} 7 : 1898 births|1931 deaths|United States airmail pilots|American aviation record holders|Aerobatic record holders|Commercial aviators|People from Minneapolis |
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