Trippe biography
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The annals of commercial air transport are filled with illustrious names - some remain known to generations long after the actual people have passed on. But it's no exaggeration to say that one individual truly belongs in a class by himself.
Had there never been a Juan Terry Trippe, the whole evolution of the air transport system we take so much for granted now would have been very different.
Take jets, for example. In the mid-1950's virtually all airline decision-makers - that is, all but Pan Am's Juan Trippe - were contemplating an easy and gradual transition from the proven and reliable fleets of piston driven airplanes they were still buying, to the eventual use of turbine-powered planes. But Trippe saw an opportunity no one else could visualize. It was assumed that the future was going to mean jet travel for the masses someday, but only he could see that future was only two or three years away.
Never mind that the spectacular failure of the first genera
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In September 1909, New York City threw a party to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson river, as well as the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s introduction of steam powered boats. The Hudson-Fulton Anniversary drew thousands of visitors to the city. Two of those visitors were pioneers in the fledgling technology of aviation. Glenn Curtis and Wilbur Wright both promised to demonstrate their self-built airplanes by flying across the harbor, past the Statue of Liberty. Curtiss failed in his attempt, his underpowered plane unable to get airborne for more than a few hundred feet.
Wilbur Wright, inspired by a promised payment of $15,000 if he completed a flight in excess of 10 miles,prepared his Wright Flyer for a journey over water by rigging a canoe between the skids normally used for landing. The top of the canoe was covered with a tightly fitted canvas cover, rendering it watertight. Wright did not intend to land on water, but he wanted to be r
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John Trippe
US Navy officer (1785–1810)
John Trippe | |
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Sketch of Trippe (1809) | |
| Born | 1785 Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | July 9, 1810(1810-07-09) (aged 24–25) Gulf of Mexico |
| Allegiance | USA |
| Service / branch | Navy |
| Years of service | 1799–1810 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Commands | Enterprise, Vixen |
| Battles / wars | Quasi-War First Barbary War |
| Relations | Juan Trippe (great-great-grandson) |
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John Trippe (1785 – 9 July 1810) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War.
Biography
[edit]Born in Dorchester County, Maryland, Trippe was appointed a midshipman in the Navy on 5 April 1799. During the Quasi-War with France, he made his first cruise in the frigateConstitution and later served in the schoonerExperiment. On 21 May, he was assigned to Commodore Richard Dale's flagshipPresident, and he served in her until early 1802 in operations against the Tripolit