Frederick Brossy
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Frederic A. Brossy set the flight endurance record
with Walter Edwin Lees
on May 28, 1931.
Aviation Base in Grosse Ile, Michigan
. Walter Edwin Lees
was a lieutenant in the same squadron. Both men were on inactive duty and were working as test pilots for Packard
when they set the flight endurance record
on May 28, 1931. Brossy later went on active duty and became a flight instructor at Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, California
, in the late 1930s. He married Betty Higman (1904–1975), and he died in Santa Barbara, California
, in 1974.
Flight endurance record
The flight endurance record is the longest amount of time an aircraft of a particular category spent in flight without landing. It can be a solo event, or multiple people can take turns piloting the aircraft, as long as all pilots remain in the aircraft. The limit initially was the amount of fuel...
with Walter Edwin Lees
Walter Edwin Lees
Walter Edwin Lees was an early American aviator who set a flight endurance record in 1931.-Biography:He was born in 1887 in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He made his first solo flight on November 14, 1912, near St. Louis, Missouri...
on May 28, 1931.
Biography
He was born in 1902 to Francis E. Brossy. In 1931 he was an ensign in reserve squadron VN-9RD9 at the Naval ReserveUnited States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve, until 2005 known as the United States Naval Reserve, is the Reserve Component of the United States Navy...
Aviation Base in Grosse Ile, Michigan
Grosse Ile Township, Michigan
Grosse Ile Township is a general law township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township is situated on several islands in the Detroit River, but the largest island is also referred to as simply Grosse Ile. The name comes from French Grosse Île, meaning "Big Island"...
. Walter Edwin Lees
Walter Edwin Lees
Walter Edwin Lees was an early American aviator who set a flight endurance record in 1931.-Biography:He was born in 1887 in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He made his first solo flight on November 14, 1912, near St. Louis, Missouri...
was a lieutenant in the same squadron. Both men were on inactive duty and were working as test pilots for Packard
Packard
Packard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana...
when they set the flight endurance record
Flight endurance record
The flight endurance record is the longest amount of time an aircraft of a particular category spent in flight without landing. It can be a solo event, or multiple people can take turns piloting the aircraft, as long as all pilots remain in the aircraft. The limit initially was the amount of fuel...
on May 28, 1931. Brossy later went on active duty and became a flight instructor at Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, in the late 1930s. He married Betty Higman (1904–1975), and he died in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, in 1974.