JAMES L. KINNEY -1976

 

DISCOVERED---MORE EARLY BIRDS      JAMES L. KINNEY has been in close touch with the air world of today to the knowledge of hundreds who will attest to his inspections for the late Bureau of Air Commerce. He soloed in August 1915, at Alameda Marsh, California, in a pusher biplane of Harvey Crawford's with a "three-in-one" control, whatever that is. (Any number of controls claim the same formula.) He enlisted in the Signal Corps in May 1917, attended ground school at the University of California and was successfully discharged April 30, 1920, at Post Field. He continued in commercial aviation and in the Army reserve until the fall of 1927, when he joined the bureau. He is now Assistant Regional Supervisor for the CAA in Santa Monica from CHIRP - JULY, 1940 - DEARBORN MICH. NUMBER 27 courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

FIRST BLIND FLYING CROSS-COUNTRY James Kinney made the first cross-coutry test of blind flying and landing on March 21, 1933 This anecdote is found on the 20th Century, Day by Day, Month by Month site by clicking on: James L. Kinney You may want to use the "Find" function on "Kinney".

 

James L. Kinney died in 1976 From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster of Members January 1, 1993   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back