First Passenger Flights In Vermont
Advertisement for the Orleans County Fair – 1911
On August 22, 23, & 24, the 22nd Annual Orleans County Fair was held at Roaring Brook Park, in Barton, Vermont. It was reported that aviator James V. Martin (1885-1956) would be there with his “passenger aeroplane” to take customers aloft, “thus constituting the first passenger flights in the state”.
It was further reported that Martin’s wife, one of the few women aviators at the time, who be with him at the fair.
Source:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian, “First Passenger Flights In Vermont”, August 16, 1911 – supplement.
