Tuesday, August 28, 2007&& The Flight that Changed Everything
My Early Flying Experiences
On 8 December 1920 one day, in Long Beach, my father and I visited an airfield. There, Frank Hawks(who later gained fame as an air racer) gave me a ride.By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground, I knew I was meant to fly.
After the ten-minute flight, I was immediately determined to learn how to fly. Driven by passion, I worked hard, earning enough money for the flying lessons.
I had my first flying lessons on 3 January 1921, at Kinner Field near Long Beach. My teacher was Anita ''Neta'' Snook, a pioneer female aviator who used a surplus Curtis JN-4 ''Canuck" for training. I arrived with my
father and told her, ''I want to fly. Will you teach me?"
Six months later, I purchased a second-hand bright yellow Kinner Airster biplane which I nicknamed "The Canary."
My foremost dream had come true.
making history.
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