The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran a photo of Hamilton’s flight in the next day’s edition.
Blog marks centennial of Seattle’s first flight
Headline: “Plane first flew in Seattle 100 years ago, crashed the next day”March 2010—A posting on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Aerospace News blog noted that it’s been 100 years since daredevil aviator Charles Hamilton piloted the first airplane to fly in Washington state. The flight took place at a race track known as “The Meadows,” which later became King County International Airport/Boeing Field. Hamilton entertained onlookers by “cavorting about in the air” and buzzing some seagulls that were “riding in a puddle in a corner of the grounds” during his first flight on March 11. This was a preliminary flight before a planned three-day exhibition starting the next day. Unfortunately, Hamilton crashed into a lake on the first day of public flying. Hamilton survived the crash with minor injuries and was rescued from the water by two spectators. Related links
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