#William “Wild Bill” Hopson

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William “Wild Bill” Hopson

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Wild Bill - William C. Hopson (1887-1928) was an american pilot known for flying airmail for the United States Postal Service between 1920 and 1927.

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Behold, William “Wild Bill” Hopson. Not only was he very handsome, he was also a bit of a daredevil. This bad boy was an airmail pilot who broke multiple speed records, and was often reprimanded by his supervisors for his very unprofessional stunts. Because he was so cool (and cute probably) everyone he worked with really liked him, and he always got away with those stunts. Unfortunately when he was 38, his plane, carrying a thousand pounds of mail (including a whole lotta diamonds), crashed. Only about 10 pounds of that mail was recovered and those diamonds weren’t included in those 10 pounds. Is it a conspiracy? Did he steal those diamonds and fake his own death? Do I daydream about that being true, traveling back in time, and being his sugar-baby? Who knows! But he is a total babe for sure.

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MOST OF MY FAMILY DOES CRQZY THINGS BUT THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE! 🛫 William C. "Wild Bill" Hopson: A WWII pilot...He flew airmail routes for 8 years, often earning the "Wild Bill" nickname. He was well known by most in airmail pilot circles, and by many outsiders as well. 🛩 One of his better known escapades involved the need to get to a particular city for a date with a young lady. Unable to secure another means of getting there, Wild Bill clung to the outside of another pilot's airplane - laying on the wing and hanging on to the wing's guy wires for the duration of the two hour flight.... 🛬 Wild Bill died in 1928, when the Airmail Plane he was piloting exploded in mid air. His cremated remains were recovered inside the charred plane. . . .#wildbillhopson #genealogyfreak #genealogy #genealogicalresearch #familyhistorian #genealogist #familytree #ancestors #ancestry #hopsonfamily #ww2pilot #planecrash #dna ##genealogistsofinstagram #genealogyblogger #genes #familyhistory (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1YQTbrn1jJ/?igshid=cu8q3v9j1lwv

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Airmail pilot, Wild Bill Hopson.  

William C. Hopson, air mail flyer who was found dead in the wreckage of his plane Friday morning after having been missing since early Thursday morning. Hopson took off at Clarion, Pa. for Cleveland, O., early Thursday morning. It was believed that he became confused in a heavy rainstorm and tried to make a forced landing in the darkness. His body and the wreckage of the plane were found in a dense woods three miles west of Polk, Pa.

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Airmail pilot William "Wild Bill" Hopson in winter flying clothing, ca. 1926 Check this blog!

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Decked out in winter flight gear, William C. “Wild Bill” Hopson displays an airmail pilot’s attitude.