John Childs (aviator)
id:
john-childs-aviator-298-17847624
title:
John Childs (aviator)
text:
John Childs, the "Flying Man" of Boston, Massachusetts made the first known flight in America on September 13, 1757 to a crowd of spectators, suspended by a rope from a feathered glider. The next day, on September 14 Mr. Childs successfully flew two more times. A plaque on one of the walls of Old North Church in Boston commemorates the event:
"Here on September 13, 1757, John Childs-who had given public notice of his intention to fly from the steeple of Dr. Cutler's church-performed it to the sa
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
American aviator
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Childs_(aviator)
date created:
date modified:
2022-07-07T14:14:49Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q6225949","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6225949"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Shilling_tablet%2C_Old_North_Church%2C_by_Edmund_L._Mitchell%2C_May_1959%2C_from_the_Digital_Commonwealth_-_commonwealth_jq0886363.jpg","width":6087,"height":4163}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15