Archibald Hoxsey

Archibald Hoxsey (October 15, 1884 – December 31, 1910) was an American aviator who worked for the Wright brothers.

In March 1910 the Wright brothers opened a flight school in Montgomery, Alabama, and Hoxsey was a teacher there.

[2][clarification needed] Hoxsey was to participate in the 22nd annual Tournament of Roses Parade, on January 2, 1911, sitting upon a float replica of the plane in which he set the flight altitude record.

[3] Hoxsey died on December 31, 1910, in Los Angeles, California, after crashing from 7,000 ft (2,100 m) while trying to set a new altitude record.

[5] He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Atkinson, Nebraska, in the same grave as his father, Archibald Hoxsey Sr.

Front page of Los Angeles Herald on December 27, 1910, after Hoxsey set airplane altitude record. He died three days later.
Hoxsey and Teddy Roosevelt before their flight. October 11, 1910.