Byron Q. Jones

Byron Quinby Jones (April 9, 1888 – March 30, 1959) was a pioneer aviator. In 1915 he set two flight duration records, one for aviator alone with a flight time of eight hours and fifty-three minutes on January 15th, and one for aviator and two passengers with a flight time of seven hours and five minutes on March 12th, both in San Diego.[1] He was Selfridge Air National Guard Base's first base commander.[2] He was also the first army pilot to stall and loop an aircraft without crashing and, with Thomas D. Milling, participated in the first army combat aerial reconnaissance mission.[3]

References

  1. ^ Flying (Aero Club of America) 4 (1): 590. http://books.google.com/books?id=st1LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA590. 
  2. ^ "Byron Q. Jones". Early Aviators. http://earlyaviators.com/ejonesby.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-31. "Capt. Byron Q. Jones, Selfridge's first Base Commander, made the first flight from Selfridge in a Curtiss JN4-D biplane on July 8, 1917, seven days after the field was activated as a military installation. On July 16, 1917, three months after World War I had started, actual pilot training began at Selfridge." 
  3. ^ Fredriksen, John C. (2011). The United States Air Force: A Chronology. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 15. ISBN 9781598846829. http://books.google.com/books?id=Br3zsp8pvGYC&pg=PA15.