About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: The Amazing Criswell, Oliver Hardy, Bertrand Blanchard Acosta, George Wagner, Mae Murray, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, Barton MacLane, Joe DeRita, Willie Best, George Melford, Mantan Moreland, Charlie Taylor, Alice Terry, John Bevins Moisant, Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation, Florence Halop, Robert Lowery, Gail Russell, Maxie Rosenbloom, James Floyd Smith, Lois Hamilton, James Luisi, Theodore Kosloff, Francis McDonald, Fuzzy Knight, Onslow Stevens, Kathleen Key, Matilde E. Moisant, Winfield Bertrum Kinner, Charles Stevens, Mae Clarke, Walter Richard Brookins, Alberta Vaughn, Johnny Arthur, Augustus Roy Knabenshue, George Hildebrand, Alice Lake, Fred Kelsey, Martha Vickers, Jonathan Hale, Frank Lackteen, Virginia Pearson, Kermit Maynard, Vivian Rich, Sam Lufkin, Colin Higgins, Leigh Harline, Buddy Noonan, Mary Alden, Rudd Weatherwax, Carl Browne Squier, Fayard Nicholas, Dave Willock, Charles Sellon, Lyle Tayo, Eddie Polo, June Knight, Fred Abbott, Mahlon Hamilton, Crauford Kent, Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen, Eugene Twombley, Hilder Florentina Smith, Warren Samuel Eaton. Excerpt: Bertrand Blanchard Acosta (January 1, 1895 - September 1, 1954) was a record setting aviator. With Clarence D. Chamberlin they set an endurance record of 51 hours, 11 minutes, and 25 seconds in the air. He later flew in the Spanish Civil War in the Yankee Squadron. He was known as the Bad Boy of the Air. He received numerous fines and suspensions for flying stunts such as flying under bridges or flying too close to buildings. Acosta was born in San Diego, California to Miguel Acosta and Martha Blanche Reilly. He attended the Throop Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena, California from 1912 to 1914. He taught himself to fly in August 1910 and built experimental airplanes up until 1912 when he began work for Gle...
