Check Six – 1910: First Flight in Hawai‘i 

Posted on Apr 24, 2022 in 1910's, Check Six

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Bud Mars was the first man to fly an airplane in Hawaii on December 31, 1910. Piloting a Curtiss B-18 biplane, he flew to 500-feet over Moanalua Polo Field, Oahu. But it was Malcolm and Elbert Tuttle who were the first to lift off the ground in a homemade glider on October 23, 1910.

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