george haskett lived a long life. in july of 1969 he was retired in pasadena, california and 1890's a man born in the , before flight, who was a world walk pilot, watched a man on the moon. neil armstrong who went through the program he created at purdue university. man. is one small step for one giant leap for mankind. >> people like billy mitchell thegeorge haskins realized role that air travel would play in warfare and travel. as we go on a continues with purdue graduates. by 1924 a purdue graduate named frederick martin from indiana was the most experienced pilot in the air force. he headed up a group of four planes to fly around the world. they were going to stop every night. they would fly and stop. they went through land areas like the aleutians. .t took them over 150 days the whole trip was planned and organized by frederick martin. unfortunately, he was lost in a blizzard in alaska and didn't finish the trip. lost hishe thought he place in aviation history. december 7, 1941 guess who was in charge of all of t