GEORGE EDWARD MAURICE KELLY 1878-1911 AKA George E. M. Kelly & G. E. M. Kelly

FIRST MILITARY AVIATION SCHOOL, 1911 The first Military Aviation School in the United States opened on North Island January 17, 1911. Instructor, Glenn Curtiss, center. Students, left to right: Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson, Navy; First Lieutenant Paul W. Beck, Army; Second Lieutenant G. E. M. Kelly, Army; Second Lieutenant John C. Walker Jr., Army. From Jackrabbits to Jets The History of North Island, San Diego, California By Elretta Sudsbury

Tennessee Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: April, 1910, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 3-31-04       These men have received orders from the war department at Washington to proceed to the manoever division at San Antonio to participate in "aviation work." Two aviation camps will be established at the manoever division - one for the Curtiss machine and the other for the Wright aeroplane.       Three separate portraits of Lieutenants Paul W. Beck, George M. Kelly, and John C. Walker, Jr. Bob Davis

 

Lieut. G. E. M. Kelly Returning from Aerial Flight Collection of Jerry Blanchard, 9-9-09

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "George E. M. Kelly" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (9-23-09), you will find about 170 links. Perhaps the most helpful is the following.

 

A TRIBUTE TO KELLY AIR FORCE BASE      This website offers a very interesting revue of the history of Kelly Field. It records a few details of Lt. Kelly's shortlived career, including the fact that he was born in Engliand and imigrated to the United States. You will find mention of some of the other important names in early aviation.

 

Vin Fiz      This page includes three interesting references to Lt. Kelly, including one remark attributed to him on January 17, 1911. You may want to use the "FIND" function on his name to locate them in the text.

 

FIRST TO DIE IN A CRASH, 1911 You will find the story of Lt. Kelly's crash on the AvStop Magazine Online Aviation News Stories By Year website Just click on: Congress Made Its First Appropriation For Military Aviation While there, I recommend that you browse the whole site.   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back