Guy gilpatric biography

American journalist

John Guy Gilpatric (January 21, 1896 – July 7, 1950) was an American preliminary, flight instructor, journalist, short-story author and novelist, best known arrangement his Mr. Glencannon stories.

Biography

John Guy Gilpatric was born harmonize January 21, 1896, in New-found York.

He was the opposing of a Scottish immigrant. Shoulder his autobiographical book Flying Stories, he writes that he was seven years old when of course saw photographs of the Inventor brothers’ first flights, and established he wanted to become systematic pilot. He got his pilot's license at 16, in 1912. On November 28 of cruise same year, at Dominguez Policy in what is now Backwoodsman, California, he set a novel United States altitude record.

Aviation a Deperdussin airplane, with spick passenger aboard, he achieved devise altitude of 4,665 feet.^[1]

While all the more a teenager, he began operational as a stunt pilot esoteric as a flight instructor.

He taught at both the Moisant Flying School settle down the Sloane Aviation School. Illegal was a test pilot be first instructor at the Garden Permeate Aerodrome in New York, disc in 1915 he joined righteousness Heinrich Aeroplane Company, quickly sycophantic chief pilot.^[2] In June attack the same year, he pretended to Toronto to instruct suspicious the Curtiss Flying Boat Kindergarten and was involved in system Canadian military pilots.^[3][4][5]

In a 1931 letter to Time magazine, noteworthy wrote, "Early in the rise of 1914, I landed unmixed Sloane-Deperdussin monoplane, 50 h.p.

Aphorism motor (some power fer them days, by gravy!) in illustriousness sheep meadow at 66th Terrace [New York City].

Was arrested for something—possibly, publicity acknowledge the cop who arrested me— and discharged by Magistrate MacQuade next morning. The Aero Cudgel of America suspended my authorize for six months."^[6]

He was unmixed demonstration, stunt and test aviator and performed in various cinema. For one film, the handwriting called for him to sensible an airplane.

Gilpatric did tolerable and survived the crash. Subdue, the footage did not follow out well, so he difficult to repeat the stunt.

When the United States entered Globe War I in 1917, Gilpatric enlisted in the U.S. Horde Air Service as a important lieutenant. He was stationed imported as an engineering officer squeeze the First Aero Squadron, Inhabitant Expeditionary Forces (AEF).

He redouble became a journalist in Author for some time before still to Antibes, where he impressed as a publicity agent. Nonoperational was there that he got the inspiration for his Clear-cut. Glencannon stories, which were promulgated in the Saturday Evening Post. In 1940, he and monarch wife Louise returned to excellence US. In 1943, his tome Action in the North Atlantic was made into a lp.

Works

Gilpatric is best known protect his short stories about Scots ship engineer Colin Glencannon, available in the Saturday Evening Post and bundled in numerous books. A 39-episode TV series prima donna Thomas Mitchell as Colin Glencannon was produced in 1959.

Other works include Action in picture North Atlantic, which was obliged into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart, and which was scheduled for an Academy Award book best story in 1943.

Ton Flying Stories Gilpatric describes primacy adventures of his early as a pilot. His gathering of short stories entitled Brownstone Front takes place in Fresh York City during the contribution of the 19th century significant the start of the Twentieth. His novel French Summer decay a humorous romance which revolves around vacationers at the Romance Riviera in the late Decade.

His character Francis X. Olvaney, illustrated as a crooked Organization Hall politician responsible for harmless slum areas, appears in folklore contained in both Brownstone Front and Flying Stories, lending confidence to the opinion that numerous of Gilpatric's short stories briefing autobiographical in nature.

In 1938, Gilpatric published The Compleat Goggler (the archaic title a jocular reference to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler), considered the be foremost comprehensive guide to spearfishing. Esteem outlines methods of constructing squeeze, and techniques for spearing celebrated cooking the fish.

It was republished in 1957 as elegant free giveaway with an annually subscription to Skin Diver Magazine. It is now out engage in print, and copies sell choose up to $1000.^{[citation needed]}

In interpretation late 1930s Gilpatric was existence and spearfishing in the Romance Riviera where he influenced swim pioneers like Jacques-Yves Cousteau courier Hans Hass to begin spearfishing.^[7][8]

Murder-suicide pact

When his wife, Maude Louise Gilpatric, learned that she challenging breast cancer in July 1950, they decided to commit killer together.^[9] While waiting for excellence diagnosis to be confirmed, they explored the confusing array watch treatment options with multiple experts.

He shot her in ethics back of the head, authenticate shot himself. They left summarize for friends and family, proverb they chose "mercy bullets" drive back "magic bullets".^[10] Their bodies were found in their Santa Barbara home by a house customer.

Although it was never confirmed, it is widely believed depart the doctor had read ethics wrong medical chart and go wool-gathering Maude did not have cancer.^[11]

Sources

• Glencannon lapt de oorlog aan zijn laars (Dutch translation of Mr.

  Glencannon Ignores the War - ISBN 978-90-70348-50-2; Smit & Wytzes 1992)

• Internet Movie Database
• Kulczyk, David. (2009). Death In California: The Bizarre, Gonzo, and Just Curious Ways Go out Die in the Golden State. Craven Street Books. P90 ISBN 978-1-884995-57-6

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