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On January 10, 1910, Waldo Waterman and his partner Kenneth Kendall arrived at Dominguez Hill, the site of the first air meet in the United States. They had planned to enter the meet, but the engine of their plane had exploded. They soon spotted Glenn Curtiss and asked if they could join his group. He accepted their offer to work without pay and took them over to Henry Kleckler, his chief mechanic, who turned them over to a chap assembling a pusher-biplane for Frank Johnson, one of Curtiss' first aeroplane buyers. Johnson would become the first native Californian to own and fly an aeroplane on February 12, 1910. by Waldo Waterman with Jack Carpenter Arsdalen, Bosch & Co., 1988 |
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From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster, 1996 |
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Recommended Further Reading: WALDO: Pioneer Aviator A Personal History of American Aviation, 1910-1944 by Waldo Dean Waterman with Jack Carpenter Arsdalen, Bosch & Co. |
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