File:Corporal Vernon L Burge.jpg
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English: Cpl. Vernon L. Burge became the first enlisted pilot three years after the United States Army bought its first airplane. He was Lt. Benjamin Foulois' mechanic on Signal Corps airplane No. 1 at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, in 1910, and Lt. Frank Lahm taught him to fly in the Philippines two years later. In August 1912, Burge received aviator's certificate No. 154 from the Federation Aeronautique International and also was promoted to sergeant. |
| Date | 1910s |
| Source | http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1420 |
| Author | Unknown author |
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public domain, US Government |
| Other versions | http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050406-F-1234P-090.jpg |
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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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