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Lieutenant Colonel John Montgomery (c. 1750–1794) was an American soldier, settler and explorer. He is credited with founding the city of Clarksville, Tennessee. Montgomery County, Tennessee is named after him. Life. In 1771, Montgomery first entered the area of the Cumberland River.
John Joseph Montgomery (February 15, 1858 – October 31, 1911) was an American inventor, physicist, engineer, and professor at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, who is best known for his invention of controlled heavier-than-air flying machines.
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Though many US history books credit the Wright Brothers for the first flight, John J. Montgomery, a South Bay native, was the true first pioneer of the skies. From his humble, Bay Area roots to an nationally renowned aviation pioneer, we chart the course through the life and legacy of John J. Montgomery in San Jose, California.
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In 1967, Arthur D. Spearman, an archivist for Santa Clara University completed the first in-depth biography of Montgomery, which he titled John J. Montgomery: The Father of Basic Flying. Spearman asserted that Montgomery “gave to mankind the principles and the first successful example of basic flying, and that his basic principles are valid ...
He is remembered as a true pioneer of both the art and science of American Aviation. Today, Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa just north of downtown San Diego is named for John J. Montgomery and fellow San Diego aviation legend Bill Gibbs.
Jun 1, 2012 · John Joseph Montgomery began his experimental flights 20 years before the Wright Brothers—and paid the ultimate price. But he's been lauded by many as an important innovator in the struggle for aviation success—we examine the life of a forgotten pioneer in the world of flying.
His name was John Montgomery. Montgomery's 1st glider flight, (certainly, practically the first anywhere, barring England's *Sir George Cayley's 1st "launching" of a coachman in 1848) was in 1883: as maintained by the San Diego Historical Society, which documented Montgomery's work on the Otay Mesa from 1882.
