Autogiro Crash Injuries
Prove Fatal to Boisean
Injuries Suffered Sunday evening while testing a home-made autogiro, a flying machine resembling a helicopter, proved fatal Monday to Edward T. Hudson, 34, of 1722 South Latah Street.
Mr. Hudson died at a Boise hospital where he had been taken by ambulance following the crash of his flying machine at Gowen Field.
His injuries included a fractured skull, incurred when he was struck on the head by one of the blades of the autogiro's overhead rotor.
Mr. Hudson, a private pilot, and employed as a mechanic for a local automobile agency, had been working on the autogiro's construction for several months, according to friends.
Witnesses to the accident said that he was running some ground tests of the autogiro, had reach considerable speed on a taxi test, and apparently decided to try leaving the ground momentarily. As the autogiro rose, the nose went sharply up and the tail dropped, and the machine struck the pavement and cart-wheeled.
The Civil Aeronautics administration's safety office here said that It had inspected the machine during its construction, but had not been notified that a test was to be attempted. It was not certificated for flight.
Mr. Hudson was born May 23, 1923, in Denoya, Okla., and moved to Caldwell when he was 12 years of age. He attended school in Caldwell and was married there to Pauline Hampson in July, 1943. He joined the US. Marines and served overseas in World war II, receiving his discharge in 1945. He returned to Caldwell and resided there until 1955 when he and his family moved to Boise. He was a Member of the American Legion.
Survivors Include his wife of Boise; one son, Ronald, also of Boise; two brothers, LawVon Hudson, Boise, and Cleo Hudson, Caldwell; three sisters Mrs. Opal Diehl and Mrs. Thelma Hunt, both of Boise, and Mrs. June Tollman, Caldwell.
Services will be announced by the Peckham-Dakan-Davis chapel of Caldwell
The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, Idaho) Tuesday, July 23, 1957
Contributor: Dennis McIndoo (458454)
Prove Fatal to Boisean
Injuries Suffered Sunday evening while testing a home-made autogiro, a flying machine resembling a helicopter, proved fatal Monday to Edward T. Hudson, 34, of 1722 South Latah Street.
Mr. Hudson died at a Boise hospital where he had been taken by ambulance following the crash of his flying machine at Gowen Field.
His injuries included a fractured skull, incurred when he was struck on the head by one of the blades of the autogiro's overhead rotor.
Mr. Hudson, a private pilot, and employed as a mechanic for a local automobile agency, had been working on the autogiro's construction for several months, according to friends.
Witnesses to the accident said that he was running some ground tests of the autogiro, had reach considerable speed on a taxi test, and apparently decided to try leaving the ground momentarily. As the autogiro rose, the nose went sharply up and the tail dropped, and the machine struck the pavement and cart-wheeled.
The Civil Aeronautics administration's safety office here said that It had inspected the machine during its construction, but had not been notified that a test was to be attempted. It was not certificated for flight.
Mr. Hudson was born May 23, 1923, in Denoya, Okla., and moved to Caldwell when he was 12 years of age. He attended school in Caldwell and was married there to Pauline Hampson in July, 1943. He joined the US. Marines and served overseas in World war II, receiving his discharge in 1945. He returned to Caldwell and resided there until 1955 when he and his family moved to Boise. He was a Member of the American Legion.
Survivors Include his wife of Boise; one son, Ronald, also of Boise; two brothers, LawVon Hudson, Boise, and Cleo Hudson, Caldwell; three sisters Mrs. Opal Diehl and Mrs. Thelma Hunt, both of Boise, and Mrs. June Tollman, Caldwell.
Services will be announced by the Peckham-Dakan-Davis chapel of Caldwell
The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, Idaho) Tuesday, July 23, 1957
Contributor: Dennis McIndoo (458454)
Autogiro Crash Injuries
Prove Fatal to Boisean
Injuries Suffered Sunday evening while testing a home-made autogiro, a flying machine resembling a helicopter, proved fatal Monday to Edward T. Hudson, 34, of 1722 South Latah Street.
Mr. Hudson died at a Boise hospital where he had been taken by ambulance following the crash of his flying machine at Gowen Field.
His injuries included a fractured skull, incurred when he was struck on the head by one of the blades of the autogiro's overhead rotor.
Mr. Hudson, a private pilot, and employed as a mechanic for a local automobile agency, had been working on the autogiro's construction for several months, according to friends.
Witnesses to the accident said that he was running some ground tests of the autogiro, had reach considerable speed on a taxi test, and apparently decided to try leaving the ground momentarily. As the autogiro rose, the nose went sharply up and the tail dropped, and the machine struck the pavement and cart-wheeled.
The Civil Aeronautics administration's safety office here said that It had inspected the machine during its construction, but had not been notified that a test was to be attempted. It was not certificated for flight.
Mr. Hudson was born May 23, 1923, in Denoya, Okla., and moved to Caldwell when he was 12 years of age. He attended school in Caldwell and was married there to Pauline Hampson in July, 1943. He joined the US. Marines and served overseas in World war II, receiving his discharge in 1945. He returned to Caldwell and resided there until 1955 when he and his family moved to Boise. He was a Member of the American Legion.
Survivors Include his wife of Boise; one son, Ronald, also of Boise; two brothers, LawVon Hudson, Boise, and Cleo Hudson, Caldwell; three sisters Mrs. Opal Diehl and Mrs. Thelma Hunt, both of Boise, and Mrs. June Tollman, Caldwell.
Services will be announced by the Peckham-Dakan-Davis chapel of Caldwell
The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, Idaho) Tuesday, July 23, 1957
Contributor: Dennis McIndoo (458454)
Prove Fatal to Boisean
Injuries Suffered Sunday evening while testing a home-made autogiro, a flying machine resembling a helicopter, proved fatal Monday to Edward T. Hudson, 34, of 1722 South Latah Street.
Mr. Hudson died at a Boise hospital where he had been taken by ambulance following the crash of his flying machine at Gowen Field.
His injuries included a fractured skull, incurred when he was struck on the head by one of the blades of the autogiro's overhead rotor.
Mr. Hudson, a private pilot, and employed as a mechanic for a local automobile agency, had been working on the autogiro's construction for several months, according to friends.
Witnesses to the accident said that he was running some ground tests of the autogiro, had reach considerable speed on a taxi test, and apparently decided to try leaving the ground momentarily. As the autogiro rose, the nose went sharply up and the tail dropped, and the machine struck the pavement and cart-wheeled.
The Civil Aeronautics administration's safety office here said that It had inspected the machine during its construction, but had not been notified that a test was to be attempted. It was not certificated for flight.
Mr. Hudson was born May 23, 1923, in Denoya, Okla., and moved to Caldwell when he was 12 years of age. He attended school in Caldwell and was married there to Pauline Hampson in July, 1943. He joined the US. Marines and served overseas in World war II, receiving his discharge in 1945. He returned to Caldwell and resided there until 1955 when he and his family moved to Boise. He was a Member of the American Legion.
Survivors Include his wife of Boise; one son, Ronald, also of Boise; two brothers, LawVon Hudson, Boise, and Cleo Hudson, Caldwell; three sisters Mrs. Opal Diehl and Mrs. Thelma Hunt, both of Boise, and Mrs. June Tollman, Caldwell.
Services will be announced by the Peckham-Dakan-Davis chapel of Caldwell
The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, Idaho) Tuesday, July 23, 1957
Contributor: Dennis McIndoo (458454)
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