Albert Daniel Smith Explained

Albert Daniel Smith (February 6, 1887  - January 20, 1970) was a pioneer aviator and later a Brigadier General.

Biography

He was born on February 6, 1887. He trained to fly and was awarded Aero Club of America license #354.

Albert D. Smith won an American Hydroplane duration record on February 19, 1916^[1]

In March 1918 he crashed at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio and was injured.

He arranged the first transcontinental flight for the United States Army in 1918.^[2] Under his command the first transcontinental flight for the United States Army was made in 1918 using four JN-4 aircraft. On December 4, 1918, they left San Diego, California. They landed Jacksonville, Florida on December 22, 1918.^{[3] [4]}

In 1919 he joined Henry H. Arnold's Northwestern Forest Fire Patrol and was released from service in 1923 because of his disability from his previous crash.^[2]

He died on January 20, 1970, in Newport Beach, California.^[2]

External links

• Albert Daniel Smith at Early Aviators

Notes and References

1. https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=2014701169&searchType=1&permalink=y Library of Congress Catalog record. Accessed September 26,2018
2. Web site: Albert D. Smith . 2013-12-29 .
3. Web site: 1918 . 2013-12-28 . Aero web . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215220/http://www.aero-web.org/history/events/1918.htm . 2016-03-03 . dead .
4. Web site: The Week in History . 2013-12-28 . .