William Randolph Hearst Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Interest in aviation === Hearst was particularly interested in the newly emerging technologies relating to aviation and had his first experience of flight in January 1910, in Los Angeles. [[Louis Paulhan]], a French aviator, took him for an air trip on his Farman biplane.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BBMvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109 Aircraft, Volume 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215172844/https://books.google.com/books?id=BBMvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109 |date=February 15, 2017 }}, 1910</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7yVDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA12-IA335 Hearst an Aviator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215180240/https://books.google.com/books?id=7yVDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA12-IA335 |date=February 15, 2017 }}, [[Editor & Publisher]], Volume 9, 1910</ref> Hearst also sponsored ''[[Old Glory (aircraft)|Old Glory]]'' as well as the [[Hearst Transcontinental Prize]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page