Maroney, Terah T., 1880-1929
Person
Dates
- Usage: 1880 - 1929
Biographical Note
Terah Thomas "T.T." Maroney was born in 1880. He was an early aviator, flying hand-built aircraft in the 1910s. Accounts vary related to the exact date, but in 1914 or 1915, Maroney gave a seaplane ride to William E. Boeing (his first airplane ride) and George C. Westervelt, which was influential in their decision to enter the airplane manufacturing business. T. T. Maroney died in 1929.
Citation:
http://www.helenahistory.org/Terah-Maroney.htmFound in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical Information Files - M
Sub-Group
Scope and Contents
Individuals whose names begin with M: MacCready, Paul [Aeronautical designer and engineer] "A Man for All Reasonings," California Magazine, November 1986"The Sky's the Limit," The Country Gentleman, Spring 1982"Masterful Tinkering of Genius," Insight, June 25, 1990"P.B. MacCready, 81, Inventor, Dies," New York Times, August 31, 2007 MacGilchrist, John...
Dates:
20th Century
Katherine Duffy Ashe Kla Ha Ya Flight Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2011-07-20
Contents of the Collection
The Katherine Duffy Ashe Kla Ha Ya Flight Collection consists of five black-and-white 6x8" photographs and four newspaper clippings relating to the 1914 flight of Katherine Duffy Ashe and pilot T. T. Maroney in a Curtiss Model D 1912 Pusher at the Kla Ha Ya Days festival in Snohomish, Washington. Each of the photographs is affixed to a matboard with "O. E. Graves, Everett, Wash." (photographer Orrin E. Graves) pressed into the lower left corner of the border. On the...
Dates:
1914, 1977
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Bremerton Airplane Service Certificate of Flight
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2020-00-00-27
Content Description
This small collection consists of a single item: a Bremerton Airplane Service Certificate of Flight dated August 17, 1919. The certificate reads "This is to certify that Miss Irene Petersen Made A Flight Over the City of Bremerton as a Passenger in a Boeing Airplane." It is signed by pilot "Maroney TT."
Dates:
1919 August 17
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Terah Maroney Plane at Port of Everett Photograph
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-02-25
Content Description
The Terah Maroney Plane at Port of Everett Photograph is a small collection consisting of a single 3.25x4.5" black-and-white photograph. The image depicts Terah Maroney's plane at the Port of Everett surrounded by a crowd on July 4, 1914. Maroney had been invited to perform at the Kla-How-Yah Festival (later called the Kla-Ha-Ya Days). Bill Boeing, Sr. and his partner George Conrad Westervelt were at the event and saw Maroney fly. Some sources say Boeing took his first flight with Maroney at...
Dates:
1914 July 4
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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