Henry B. Hersey
Colonel Henry Blanchard Hersey (b. 1861) was an aeronaut and Inspector in the United States Weather Bureau.
Member and licensed pilot of Aero Club of America and the Aéro-Club de France; fellow of Royal Meteorological Society of London; 32° Mason; vice-commander of Wisconsin Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars.[1][2]
He was born in Vermont and left Norwich University after two years to enter the United States Signal Service Technical School in 1883. He went from there to the Weather Bureau, for whom he worked in Washington, DC, Fort Myer, VA, New London, CT, Deadwood, SD, Titusville, FL, Santa Fe, NM, Louisville, KY, Ithaca, NY, and Milwaukee, WI. In Titusville he operated the Telegraph Line to Jupiter, FL.[1]
Member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba and subsequently officer of the Wellman Polar Expedition.[2] He trained in ballooning in France, 1906.[1]
In 1906 Hersey and Lahm crossed the English Channel to win the 1st Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race.[3] Hersey then subbed in for Frank P. Lahm at the 2nd Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race.[4][5] In 1907 he participated in the International Balloon Race starting in St. Louis.[1]
He was a Major until at least 1917[6] and Colonel after 1919.[7]
Publications by or about Henry B. Hersey or H. B. Hersey
- Publication 5360, 1906, Der Gordon-Bennett Preis (1) (Simple title: The Gordon-Bennett Prize (1), Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Hersey, 1907, The trip of the United States (Simple title: The trip of the United States, Journal: Amer. Mag. Aeronautics)
- Lahm, 1907, The First Annual Aeronautic Cup Race (Simple title: The First Annual Aeronautic Cup Race, Journal: Nav. the Air)
- Hersey, 1908, Experiences In the sky (Simple title: Experiences In the sky, Journal: Century Mag.)
- Hersey, 1909, Menace of aerial warfare (Simple title: Menace of aerial warfare, Journal: Century Mag.)
- Lebow, 1998 (Simple title: The American Balloon Service in World War I)
- Hersey, The United States Weather Bureau (date a little uncertain; some time between 1901 and 1915: link)
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| Countries | US |
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| Occupations | meteorologist |
| Tech areas | LTA, Balloon, Meteorology |
| Affiliations | United States Weather Bureau, U.S. Army Signal Corps |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Major-General Grenville M. Dodge and William Arba Ellis, Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor, Vol. 3; Montpelier: Capital City Press, 1911: "Maj. Henry Blanchard Hersey, M.S.", p. 216.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hersey, 1908, Experiences in the Sky (link).
- ↑ Hersey, 1908, Experiences In the sky, p. 650.
- ↑ "The U.S. Army's First Aviators", DOM Magazine, 2015.
- ↑ Ulrich Hohmann Sr., "2nd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett - St. Louis (USA) 1907", presumably translated or abridged from Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen, at FAI website.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
