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Secretary, Aerial Experiment Association (1907–09); [11] U.S. Army Lieutenant who assisted the AEA in engineering, designing and piloting the Red Wing; first U.S. Military officer to pilot a powered aircraft White Wing (19 May 1908); [citation needed] first fatality of powered flight (17 Sep 1908). [nb 30] Igor Sikorsky: 25 May 1889 26 Oct 1972
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 14,050 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% military and 2% air taxi. In January 2024, there were 67 aircraft based at this airport: 38 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 24 jet. [2]
The AEA collaboration led to very public success. Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian and first British subject pilot on 12 March 1908 flight of Red Wing. [2] [10] [N 2] Its successor, White Wing, also of 1908, was the first airplane to have Bell's ailerons. [12]
The aircraft was used for a relatively short period by the USAF; however, many aircraft had long service lives flying for the Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard. Aircraft were manufactured by from 1967–1973 for USAF use; afterwards 1974–1975 for Military Assistance Program (MAP) sales primarily to South Vietnam and Latin American Air ...
The plane's last radio transmission occurred when it was over Scotland, Indiana, about 70 miles (110 km) from the crash site, but the pilot reported no trouble and the skies were clear. [3] Because a great deal of wreckage had fallen over a wide area as the aircraft plunged, investigators first suspected that two planes had collided.
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The wing uses a Clark Y-cross-section airfoil; spars and ribs are spruce. [6] [3] [7] The steel-tube parallel wings struts simplified internal wing structure, and enabled the wings to fold back for over-the-road towing. [3] The fuselage is of fabric-covered tubular construction, and wing struts are steel tube. There is a door in the right side.