Eddie Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
American
Lineage
- Father William Rickenbacker
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Significant name | Capt Edward V Rickenbacker House | Columbus, OH | |||||
| 1927/11/01 | Eddie Rickenbacker buys the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which he operated for nearly a decade and a half, overseeing many improvements to the facility. | Owner | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway | |||
| 1936/10/09 | Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go. | Passenger | Hangar No 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | |||
| 1940/00/00 | Eddie Rickenbacker writes a popular comic strip called Ace Drummond from 1935-1940. Illustrated by aviation artist Clayton Knight, the strip follows the adventures of aviator Drummond. It was later adapted into a film serial and radio program. | Author |
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