Mars was born on March 8, 1875 in Grand Haven, Michigan.
On December 31, 1910, Mars made the first airplane flight in Hawaii on a Curtiss P18 biplane.
He was credited in 1911 with being the first pilot to bring aviation to the Far East,although flights had been made in both Japan and Vietnam in late 1910. Mars was the first to fly in both the Philippines and Korea, however.
He died on July 25, 1944 in Los Angeles.
Son of Thomas D. McBride and Mary Frances Fallon.
Started using the name Mars before 1910.
On December 31, 1910, Mars made the first airplane flight in Hawaii on a Curtiss P18 biplane.
He was credited in 1911 with being the first pilot to bring aviation to the Far East,although flights had been made in both Japan and Vietnam in late 1910. Mars was the first to fly in both the Philippines and Korea, however.
He died on July 25, 1944 in Los Angeles.
Son of Thomas D. McBride and Mary Frances Fallon.
Started using the name Mars before 1910.
Mars was born on March 8, 1875 in Grand Haven, Michigan.
On December 31, 1910, Mars made the first airplane flight in Hawaii on a Curtiss P18 biplane.
He was credited in 1911 with being the first pilot to bring aviation to the Far East,although flights had been made in both Japan and Vietnam in late 1910. Mars was the first to fly in both the Philippines and Korea, however.
He died on July 25, 1944 in Los Angeles.
Son of Thomas D. McBride and Mary Frances Fallon.
Started using the name Mars before 1910.
On December 31, 1910, Mars made the first airplane flight in Hawaii on a Curtiss P18 biplane.
He was credited in 1911 with being the first pilot to bring aviation to the Far East,although flights had been made in both Japan and Vietnam in late 1910. Mars was the first to fly in both the Philippines and Korea, however.
He died on July 25, 1944 in Los Angeles.
Son of Thomas D. McBride and Mary Frances Fallon.
Started using the name Mars before 1910.
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