Signal Corps Aeroplane No. 1
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Signal Corps Aeroplane No. 1
Signal Corps Aeroplane No. 1 was the first airplane procured and operated by the U.S. military.
[edit] Timeline
- August 20, 1908 The U.S. Army Signal Corps begins testing its first airplane, a Wright Flyer that would later be known as Signal Corps Aeroplane No. 1, at Fort Meyer, Virginia[1].
[edit] Sources
- Signal Corps No. 1: Purchasing and Supporting the Army's First Airplane by Miller, Roger G., Air Power History, Fall 1994
