Alexander Kuzminsky
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Alexander Kuzminsky (Александр Кузьминьский?) was a Russian aviator.
He studied at the École Blériot and received a pilot's license in France in 1910. He was hospitalized after an accident in St. Petersburg for 3½ months but then got back at it.[1]
He made exhibition flights in 83 cities in Russia, then in 1912 traveled to China, including Macao and Hong Kong, where it is said he was the first to demonstrate a monoplane.[1]
Kuzminsky's uncle, Leo Tolstoy, reportedly declined to attend an airplane exhibition because of the accident which had befallen his nephew, commenting that only birds should fly.[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 A. F. B. Silva-Netto, "News from Asia", Aircraft, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1913, p. 10.
| Names | Alexander Kuzminsky; Alexsandr Kuzminski, etc.; Александр Кузьминьский? |
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| Occupations | aviator |
| Tech areas | Airplane |
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| Family name | Kuzminsky |
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