Wooster and Davis

Trans-Atlantic flight team

For the actor called Noel Davis, see Noel Davis.

Wooster and Davis's K-47 Keystone Pathfinder.

Wooster and Davis \-- Lieutenant Stanton Hall Wooster (April 1, 1895, Connecticut – April 26, 1927)[1] and Lieutenant Commander Noel Guy Davis (December 25, 1891, Salt Lake City, Utah – April 26, 1927)[2] were two United States Navy (USN) airmen who made an attempt to fly the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in the spring of 1927. The men were trying to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize offered by New York hotelier Raymond Orteig for the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Competitors for the prize were French World War One ace Rene Fonck and his crew of three, USN Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, Clarence Chamberlain with plane owner Charles Levine, and a young airmail pilot named Charles Lindbergh. On the Paris side of the Atlantic their competitors were another World War One French ace, Charles Nungesser, and his navigator Francois Coli.

Wooster and Davis flew a Keystone Pathfinder (N-X179) plane called American Legion. Newsreel footage taken of the men and their plane are extant and record the duo's goings-on during that spring of 1927. While testing with a heavy load of gas on April 26, 1927, the Pathfinder lost altitude and crashed on its nose in Virginia, killing both men. The eventual victor of the Orteig prize was Charles Lindbergh three weeks later.[3][4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Lt. Stanton Hall Wooster, memorial page; findagrave.com database
2. ^ Commander Noel Davis , memorial page; findagrave.com database
3. ^ Lt.Cmdr Noel Davis; Togetherweserved.com
4. ^ Lieutenant Stanton Hall Wooster, United States Navy

## External links[edit]

* Stanton Wooster page; earlyaviators.com
* Noel Davis page; earlyaviators.com
* Aviation Safety webpage: Keystone Pathfinder
* later life of the Wooster/Davis repaired Keystone

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Aviation accidents and incidents in the 1920s

* Dec 14, 1920 Golders Green O/400 crash
* Aug 23, 1921 R38 Airship crash
* Aug 26, 1921 SNETA Farman Goliath ditching
* Feb 21, 1922 Airship Roma crash
* Mar 31, 1922 1922 Beijing-Han Airlines crash
* Apr 7, 1922 Picardie mid-air collision
* Jan 13, 1923 Aeromarine 75 Columbus incident
* May 14, 1923 Air Union Farman Goliath crash
* Aug 27, 1923 Air Union Farman Goliath crash
* Sep 14, 1923 Daimler Airway DH.34 crash
* Dec 21, 1923 Airship Dixmude crash
* Apr 24, 1924 KLM Fokker F.III disappearance
* Dec 24, 1924 Imperial Airways DH.34 crash
* Sep 3, 1925 USS Shenandoah crash
* Jun 25, 1925 KLM Fokker F.III Forêt de Mormal crash
* Aug 18, 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash
* Oct 2, 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash
* Apr 16, 1927 Fokker C-2 America crash
* Apr 26, 1927 Wooster and Davis's Pathfinder crash
* May 8, 1927 L'Oiseau Blanc disappearance
* Aug 16, 1927 Dole Air Race crashes
* Aug 22, 1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash
* Aug 31, 1927 St Raphael disappearance
* Jan 10, 1928 Moncrieff and Hood disappearance
* May 25, 1928 Airship Italia crash
* Jul 13, 1928 Imperial Airways Vulcan crash
* Jul 14, 1928 KLM Fokker F.III Waalhaven crash
* Dec 3, 1928 1928 Dornier J Santos Dumont crash
* Jun 17, 1929 Imperial Airways W.10 crash
* Sep 6, 1929 Imperial Airways Hercules crash
* Nov 6, 1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crash

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Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories before 1930

1900s|

* Daniel J. Maloney (1905)
* Thomas Selfridge (1908)

1910s|

* Archibald Hoxsey (1910)
* John Moisant (1910)
* Cromwell Dixon (1911)
* Wingfoot Air Express crash (1919)

1920s|

* Roma (1922)
* USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) (1925)
* Wooster and Davis (1927)
* Dole Air Race (1927)

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