1. Major Harold Geiger was an American military officer and pioneer US Army aviator, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1927.
13 Facts About Harold Geiger
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Harold Geiger was promoted to first lieutenant November 8,1908.
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Lieutenant Harold Geiger arrived in Oahu with two Curtiss Aeroplane Company seaplanes, a mechanic, 12 enlisted men, and other equipment.
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Harold Geiger's flights were limited to short flights in Pearl Harbor and a longer flight to Diamond Head, Hawaii, and back to Fort Kamehameha.
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Harold Geiger was ordered to cease all flying operations in late 1913 because the trade winds were too strong.
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Harold Geiger completed courses at the US Army Balloon School in April 1917, and later during World War I served overseas with the Army's Balloon Section Headquarters in France as a lieutenant colonel.
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Harold Geiger was attached later to the Ambassador's staff in Berlin.
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Harold Geiger was on the Los Angeles on its transatlantic flight.
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Harold Geiger commanded the Army Balloon School at Ross Field, Arcadia, California.
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On May 10,1926, Major Harold Geiger was slightly injured in a mid-air collision between two airplanes at Langley Field, near Hampton, Virginia.
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On May 17,1927, Harold Geiger died in the crash of an Airco DH.
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Harold Geiger managed to jump out just as the airplane struck the ground and burst into flames.
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Harold Geiger made desperate efforts to get clear of the wreckage and, according to the onlookers, half crawled and ran as far as the tail of the machine before he was overcome.