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Ralph Johnstone
1910Nov, 17

Ralph Johnstone

Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
Ralph Greenley Johnstone (September 18, 1880 – November 17, 1910) was the first American person to die while piloting an airplane that crashed. He and Archibald Hoxsey were known as the "heavenly twins" for their attempts to break altitude records.

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