René Thomas (racing driver)
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René Alfred Thomas was a French racing driver. Thomas was also a pioneer aviator. He won the 1914 Indianapolis 500.
Thomas at the 1914 Indianapolis 500
Thomas' winning car from the 1914 Indianapolis 500
Thomas, during his land speed record run
Thomas, taking a ceremonial lap ahead of the 1973 Indianapolis 500
Bertram Dickson
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Captain Bertram Dickson RHA was a pioneer Scottish airman and the first British serviceman to qualify as a pilot. His exploits in the air, watched by Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener, indirectly l
René Thomas (racing driver)
…1910 Thomas was involved in the world's first mid-air collision when his Antoinette monoplane fell onto the Farman biplane of Scottish aviator Captain Bertram Dickson. Thomas miraculously was not seriously injured but Dickson suffered internal injuries and never fully recovered, eventually dying in 1913. During World…
Bertram Dickson on Farman aircraft
Artist's impression of the collision