Buzz was the son of Sidney Morrison and Janet Marie Bell. A native of Reno, he was a graduate of Reno High School and attended the University of Nevada, where he was a member of the S. A. E. fraternity.
He began taking flying lessons in 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri, and completed his training in Tucson, Arizona at the Charles Maise Flying School. He flew for the Mexican Army during the Cristero Rebellion in 1929, and was taken prisoner for several days.
Upon returning to Reno in 1930 he married Miss Mae Nevada Martin, and they had one child together. He operated his own plane service in Reno and also gave flying lessons. He held several different pilot's licenses and was considered an expert aviator.
Buzz was killed in a plane crash at the San Francisco Bay Airdrome when his four-seater cabin plane ground looped and burst into flames. J. F. Long, the only other passenger and the head of a local aircraft service, also died.
Buzz was survived by his parents, his wife, and their daughter, Barbara.
He began taking flying lessons in 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri, and completed his training in Tucson, Arizona at the Charles Maise Flying School. He flew for the Mexican Army during the Cristero Rebellion in 1929, and was taken prisoner for several days.
Upon returning to Reno in 1930 he married Miss Mae Nevada Martin, and they had one child together. He operated his own plane service in Reno and also gave flying lessons. He held several different pilot's licenses and was considered an expert aviator.
Buzz was killed in a plane crash at the San Francisco Bay Airdrome when his four-seater cabin plane ground looped and burst into flames. J. F. Long, the only other passenger and the head of a local aircraft service, also died.
Buzz was survived by his parents, his wife, and their daughter, Barbara.
Buzz was the son of Sidney Morrison and Janet Marie Bell. A native of Reno, he was a graduate of Reno High School and attended the University of Nevada, where he was a member of the S. A. E. fraternity.
He began taking flying lessons in 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri, and completed his training in Tucson, Arizona at the Charles Maise Flying School. He flew for the Mexican Army during the Cristero Rebellion in 1929, and was taken prisoner for several days.
Upon returning to Reno in 1930 he married Miss Mae Nevada Martin, and they had one child together. He operated his own plane service in Reno and also gave flying lessons. He held several different pilot's licenses and was considered an expert aviator.
Buzz was killed in a plane crash at the San Francisco Bay Airdrome when his four-seater cabin plane ground looped and burst into flames. J. F. Long, the only other passenger and the head of a local aircraft service, also died.
Buzz was survived by his parents, his wife, and their daughter, Barbara.
He began taking flying lessons in 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri, and completed his training in Tucson, Arizona at the Charles Maise Flying School. He flew for the Mexican Army during the Cristero Rebellion in 1929, and was taken prisoner for several days.
Upon returning to Reno in 1930 he married Miss Mae Nevada Martin, and they had one child together. He operated his own plane service in Reno and also gave flying lessons. He held several different pilot's licenses and was considered an expert aviator.
Buzz was killed in a plane crash at the San Francisco Bay Airdrome when his four-seater cabin plane ground looped and burst into flames. J. F. Long, the only other passenger and the head of a local aircraft service, also died.
Buzz was survived by his parents, his wife, and their daughter, Barbara.
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