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In August 1907, the newly created, three-person U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division took "charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects." Who headed the new division?
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Captain Charles Chandler, assisted by Ward and Barrett
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In August 1907, the newly created, three-person U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division took "charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects." The enlisted detachment grew to include eight others, including Private First Class Vernon Burge, who would eventually become
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the Army's first enlisted pilot
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The Wright brothers arrived at Fort Myers with the US Army's first airplane in _______.
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August 1908
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In August 1908, Ward, Burge, and others were at Fort Myers when the Wright brothers arrived with the Army's first airplane. That plane was designated as
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Aeroplane No. 1
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While the Wright brothers, along with their civilian mechanics, tinkered with the Army's first airplane during the trial and training period, Ward and his crew mostly worked on
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Dirigible No. 1 (the first Army dirigible)
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In the fall of 1909, Lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois was in charge of the Signal Corps' one airplane when part of the division was transferred from Fort Myers to
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Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
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In 1910, due to the Aeronautical Division's lack of adequate funding, Lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois, ______________.
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spent his own salary to keep the Aeronautical Division's lone plane aloft
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By October 1912, the Aeronautical Division had 11 aircraft, 14 flying officers, and 39 enlisted mechanics. On 28 September 1912, one of these mechanics, Corporal Frank Scott, became the first enlisted person to
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die in an accident in a military aircraft
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Scott Field, now Scott Air Force Base, in Illinois, was named in honor of ___________.
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Cpl Frank Scott, first enlisted person to die in an accident in a military aircraft
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The 1st Aero Squadron (Provisional) was activated on
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5 March 1913
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