This is a 4 part question.
1. Who was the first American President to fly?
2. What type of aircraft did he fly in?
3. Who was his pilot?
4. When did this event occur?
Hint: His flight was after his term in office.
2006-09-07 20:21:03 · 1 answers · asked by Moose 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
At an airshow at Aviation Field in St. Louis, Missouri on October 11, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt was offered a seat as a passenger in a plane for a demonstration flight. The pilot's name was Arch Hoxsey, who had just completed a record flight from Springfield, Illinois. The plane reached an altitude of about 50 feet, circled the field twice and stayed airborne for about four minutes. TR said he wished they could have stayed in the air for an hour. Arch Hoxsey was killed in a plane crash on December 31, 1910. This flight made TR the first President to fly in a plane. There is a picture of him strapping himself in that does look as though he was the pilot, but he was not.
2006-09-07 21:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by gould1272 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋