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 1 Collection or Record:
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
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