Oakley G. Kelly
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Lt. Oakley Kelly served as an instructor at the Army’s Rockwell Field in California from 1916 to 1919.
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Lt. Oakley Kelly served as an instructor at the Army’s Rockwell Field in California from 1916 to 1919. While serving as an engineering test pilot at McCook Field, he co-conceived the original idea for the transcontinental flight with fellow pilot Lt. Muir S. Fairchild. Kelly was involved in modifying and piloting the T-2 for the first nonstop transcontinetal flight.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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NARA 342-FH-3B-07700
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1919
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