On
July 16, 1930, a plane with two on board crashed in Bennington.
Pilot Frank Goldsborough was a 19 year old aviation celebrity and
his passsenger was Don Mockler.
Goldsborough
was the son of a famous aviator who had died in a plane crash over
the Atlantic ocean. Like his father, the young Goldsborough loved
flying, and held the junior record for speed, flying across the
United States in 34 hours and three minutes.
With
Goldsborough unconscious, Mockler went for help. It took 18 hours
for help to arrive, and Goldsborough died at Bennington's
Putnam Memorial Hospital.
Photo of Goldsborough courtesy Brian Lindner.
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Pilot Frank Goldsborough.
He passed away on his 20th birthday.
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