Curtiss LaQ. Day

Curtiss LaQ. Day (24 May 1895 - 25 April 1972) was an American aviation pioneer .

Biography

He was born on May 24, 1895 in Paxton, Illinois.

Day flew a glider for the first time in 1911, but he felt that the time in the air was too short and went on to fly airplanes. He flew solo for the first time July 22, 1914 and was awarded the FIA pilot license number 302. He was employed in 1916 as a test pilot of the Wright Company at its plant in Hempstead Field on Long Island. During World War I he served as an instructor in advanced flight at the U.S. Army Air Section.^[1]

He died on April 25, 1972 in Elkhart, Indiana.

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