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Aviation History: May 2000 LettersAviation History Archives | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Second, the article claims that Arnold, in 1912, became the first pilot to fly more than a mile high. Yet the record book shows that back in October 1910, J.A. Drexel set a world altitude mark of 9,449 feet at Philadelphia. The record-setting airplane was, once again, a Blériot XI. By September 1911 the altitude record rose dramatically when Roland Garros reached 13,943 feet in a Blériot XI near St. Malo. Subscribe Today
I don’t mean to imply that all the early records were set by Blériots. Other aircraft set their share. But without meaning to detract from Arnold’s tremendous contribution to aviation and the security of our country, his speed and altitude feats at College Park were neither amazing nor record setting. Sanford Solarz
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