Jimmy Wedell
Pilot and aircraft designer
Died when: 34 years 85 days (410 months)Star Sign: Aries
James Robert Wedell (March 31, 1900 – June 24, 1934) was a famous 1930s racing pilot and aircraft designer.Wedell broke the world record for land-plane speed in 1933 when he clocked 305.33 m.p.h. in a Wedell-Williams aircraft of his own design.
He won the Thompson Trophy air race in the same year.Wedell's company, the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation, won 14 "distinguished finishes" (top five) in the Thompson and Bendix Trophy races.
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