Henry Post

Henry Post

Henry Burnet Post (June 15, 1885 - February 9, 1914) was a Lieutenant in the US Army and a pioneer aviator who was killed in a crash. He set the altitude record of 12,120 feet.

He served in the 25th Infantry and the First Aero Squadron. He died in San Diego, California in an air crash. He was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery, near other early aviators and also near a number of American Astronauts. Post Field is the airfield for Fort Sill, Oklahoma and it is named for him.

elected coverage in the New York Times

* New York Times; February 9, 1914; page 1. Army flyer killed as machine breaks; Lieutenant Post Plunges to Death in San Diego Bay. Beachey Blames the Government. San Diego, California; February 9, 1914. Lieutenant Henry B. Post of the First Aero Corps, considered one of the most skillful United States Army aviators, plunged to his death in San Diego Bay today, when the right wing of his hydro-aeroplane crumpled. Lieut. Post died after establishing an American altitude record of 12,120 feet.

----Henry Post Henry Post is an Extreme master maintenance man from Luzerne County. He has won numerous awards including the Citizenship Award.


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