Percival Spencer (aviator)
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Percival Hopkins Spencer (April 30, 1897 – January 16, 1995) was an American
inventor and aviation pioneer. In 1929, he broke the light airplane altitude record—18571 ft (5,660.4 m)—piloting a Curtiss Robin monoplane.
He died in a nursing home in Torrance, California
, in 1996.
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inventor and aviation pioneer. In 1929, he broke the light airplane altitude record—18571 ft (5,660.4 m)—piloting a Curtiss Robin monoplane.
He died in a nursing home in Torrance, California
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
, in 1996.