the first airplane was used in war in 1911.
the first airplane was used in war in 1911.
when was the first airplane used in war?
1911
an article in "air and space magazine" published by the smithsonian (dated february 29 and march 1, 2012) makes a claim that u.s. army captain albert berry was the first to jump from a powered airplane on march 1, 1912 (with anthony jannus as his pilot) and that morton did so on april 28, 1912 which would certainly give credit to berry, providing it was morton's first airplane jump and not his second or third. the article states morton's jump of april 28, 1912 to have been at 2,600 feet over venice beach with phil parmalee as his pilot. several accounts published throughout the last one hundred years consistently give the 1911 jump date for morton' first airplane jump and that it was at 4,000 plus feet and closer to los angeles itself, venice beach being a suburb of the larger city. this would be a difference of over 1400 feet, significant differences in altitude.
grant morton
roloff had always had a fascination with flight. he purchased his first airplane in 1954 and used it to travel between his various speaking engagements throughout the country. on november 2, 1982, the same day that the democrat mark wells white, the outgoing attorney general, unseated republican governor bill clements, roloff's plane crashed during a storm outside normangee, texas. roloff and a ladies' singing trio from the home for adult women, along with another woman working at the home, were killed. white had vowed if elected governor to shut down roloff's homes. the wreckage of the crashed airplane used to be a centerpiece of roloff park at hyles-anderson college, a bible college in crown point, indiana, partly named for the pastor jack hyles.
lester roloff