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23 Cards in this Set
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Two men picked to repair and inflate balloons
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Edward Ward and Joseph Barrett
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Won the 1906 Gordon Bennett Trophy for winning the first int'l balloon race
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Lt Frank Lahm and Major Henry Hersey
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First successful balloon recon mission for the Army
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July 31, 1861 by John La Mountain, a civilian
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John La Mountain's rival
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Thaddeus Lowe
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What happened in August 1861?
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Thaddeus Lowe escaped fire unharmed in his balloon and proved its worth
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What was the Santiago?
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A balloon used during the Spanish-American War at the battle of San Juan Hill.
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What happened in July 2, 1907?
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Barrett and Ward sent to balloon factory in New York under the Signal Corps' Aeronautical division, a precursor to the Air Force.
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When did the Army disband the Civil War balloon service?
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1863
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Head of the Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Corps
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Captain Charles Chandler
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One of the eight new members of the Aeronautical Division and the Army's first enlisted pilot (in 1912)
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PFC Vernon Burge
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August 1908
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Wright Brothers arrive at Fort Myers with the Army's first airplane.
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17 September 1908
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Orville Wright and Lt Thomas E. Selfridge crash, killing Selfridge and injuring Wright.
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2 August 1909
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The Signal Corps formally accepts Aeroplane No. 1
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Privates Glenn Madole and Vernon Burge
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Created a wheeled landing system to ease takeoff and landing
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Corporal Frank Scott
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The first enlisted person to die in an accident in a military aircraft.
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5 March 1913
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Activation of the 1st Aero Squadron, the oldest Air Force squadron
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18 July 1914
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US House Resolution 5304 gives Army aviation official status
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US House Resolution 5304
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Authorized the Signal Corps to establish an aviation section consisting of 60 officers and 260 enlisted men.
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Creation of aviation mechanician
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Gave a 50 percent pay increase to enslisted men "instructed in the art of flying" while on flying status.
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March 1916
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Pres Woodrow Wilson orders 1st Aero Sq to assist in apprehending Pancho Villa
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Signal Corps gained the authority to train more enlisted men due to what?
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Billy Mitchell and the National Defense Act of 3 June 1916 accomplished what?
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Sergeant William C. Ocker
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Received commission in Jan 1917. Known as the "Father of Blind Flight".
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Corporal Eugene Bullard
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Enlisted, African American aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille
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