Samuel Franklin Cody
Samuel Franklin Cody Samuel Franklin Cowdery but probably ( born March 6, 1867 in Davenport, Iowa; † August 7, 1913 on Laffan 's Plain, Aldershot, southern England, in a plane crash ) erroneously known as and confused with Buffalo Bill, was a famous American Wild West show performer and English aviation pioneer.
Youth in the USA
Samuel Franklin Cody, who was probably born as Samuel Franklin Cowdery, began his career as a gold prospector, cowboy and horse trainer. Cody had already earn money at a young age, as his father was in jail and could not support the family. As a result, he seems to have never attended school and was also illiterate. 1880, at the age of 19 he married in Pennsylvania, the Wild West Show- Actress Maud Marie Lee, with whom he performed together in the Forepaugh Wild West Show. At that time, he took the surname Cody, Buffalo Bill in his image.
Which " Buffalo Bill"?
Samuel Franklin was often mistaken for the following reasons with William Frederick " Buffalo Bill" Cody:
- Both appeared in Wild West Shows on ( as Captain Samuel Cody )
- Both had a preference for Western clothes they wore like to privately
- Both named with surname Cody (where Cowdery has the family name Cody accepted only )
- Both come (probably ) from Iowa (where Cowdery later also claimed from Birdsville, Texas to come )
- Both had a certain visual similarity
Moving to Europe ( from 1887)
With his Wild West show both " Buffalo Bill" Cody and " Captain " Cody moved to Europe, it is unclear whether accompanied by his wife. With his Wild West Show, the performer consisted primarily of family members, he toured Europe. On these trips he learned the Englishwoman Lela King know and love. From the union was in 1890 a son, Leon, out. The boy, kite flying and construction hobby, Cody brought to a closer look at the subject.
Kite ( 1889 )
Flight pioneering achievements
In 1907 he brought in Cobham Common with a dragon a meteorological instrument to a record high of 4268 meters. Cody took the British Army aircraft number 1, without permission of the Army the first powered flight in England. This first motorized flight with an aircraft on British soil took place at the test site at Farnborough Airfield at Farnborough on 16 October 1908. On September 8, 1909 Cody rose to a 63- minute flight. He improved Louis Bleriot's official world record for cross-country flights of 25 to 40 miles.
Discharge from military service
Cody later crashed with this plane. Then finished the army his contract and released him for damage to state property. In 1912 he won a British Army competition with a previously built from two downed aircraft engine.
Deadly crash
On August 7, 1913 Cody came at the age of 52 years with his passenger during the flight of his last invention, a seaplane over Laffan 's Plain ( Aldershot, southern England ), was killed when this broke apart in the air. Cody was removed in Aldershot, about 50 km south-west from the city center of London, buried.
Status
Samuel Franklin Cody in the UK about the status, an Otto Lilienthal in Germany, or the Wright Brothers in the U.S. have.