Maroney, Terah T., 1880-1929
Person
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 2 Collections and/or Records:
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...
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...