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[[stamp]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/stamp]]

On March 10th, 1916 while attempting to set a new American altitude record at Grinnell, Robinson evidently blacked out at about 16,000 feet and fell out of control for a considerable distance, then regained consciousness enough to make a landing on a seldom used area of the field. However, during his roll the wheels dropped into a ditch, the plane somersaulted, then caught fire and he was lost in the burning wreck. Robinson was married and had four children.

Wholeheartedly devoted to aviation, William C. Robinson was an excellent pilot and all-around engineer-mechanic, hard working and deserving of great credit to the early pioneering days of aviation. His radial engine was a very creditable accomplishment at that time. As one of the very first engines of its type made in America it undoubtedly helped to pave the way for the extensive and general use of this type power plant in later years. Robinson was truly one of the real Flying Pioneers who gave his life for the cause of early American aviation development.

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