from there, we can go on and talk about george haskins. george was a world war i pilot. continued in the air force after world war i. an airplane out of the campus, landed it right here at purdue. and he came waving a petition. it was at the board of trustees meeting. start an e should aeronautical program here at purdue. couple years, they did start in aeronautical gineering program as part of mechanical engineering. mechanical engineering has been of so many fields of engineering. it was one of a handful of aeronautical engineering ograms. george haskins eventually left force, kim to redo, and -- came p that program to purdue, and headed up that program, which was floundering. all the records say that he ght to rks day and ni build that program into one of the greatest programs in the country. when world war ii started, he was taken back to the military. but he had built something special here. war ii, rld aeronautical engineering was al arated from mechanic engineering, and became its own program, its own school. it is now one of the best in the country. george haskin

george haskins lived a long life. july in 1969 he was in his home, retired in pasadena, california, and he watched this man, who was born in the 1890s before flight happened who was a world war i pilot, watched a man walk on the moon, neil armstrong, who had been through the program he created here at purdue. >> i'm going to step off the landing. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> some people, like willie mitchell -- billy mitchell and george haskins, realized the importance that air travel was going to play not only in warfare, but in transportation in the country. as we go on, you know, it just continues and continues with purdue graduates. by 1924 a purdue graduate, frederick martin from indiana, was the most experienced pilot in the army air force. he headed up a group of four planes. the plan was to fly around the world. this is three years before lindbergh. they were going to stop every night. they'd fly so far, and they'd stop. they were able to go through land areas as the aleutians

george haskins lived a long life. in july of 1969 he was retired in pasadena, california, and he watched this man born in the 1890's, before flight, who was a world war i pilot, watched a man walk on the moon. neil armstrong, who had been through the program he created at purdue. >> i am going to step off the lander. that is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. >> some people like billy mitchell and george haskins airized the importance that travel was going to play not only in warfare, but in transportation in this country. as we go on it continues with , purdue graduates. by 1924, a purdue graduate named frederick martin, from indiana, was the most experienced pilot in the army air force. he headed up a group of four planes. the plan was to fly around the world. this was three years before lindbergh. they were going to stop every night. they would fly so far, and they would stop. they were able to go through land areas like the aleutians. over to various points. it ended up taking them over 150 days

we can talk about a man named george haskins, a world war i pilot.e continued in the air force after world war i. he was stationed in dayton. in 1919 he flew an airplane on the purdue campus. landed it right here at purdue. he came with a petition. the board of trustees was meeting. it was jim. he said i want you to to start an aeronautical program at purdue. an aeronautical engineer program. within a couple of years they , started an aeronautical engineering program as part of mechanical engineering. mechanical engineering has been the root of many different fields of engineering. it was one of the first in the country. it was one of a handful of aeronautical engineering programs. george haskins eventually left the air force, came to purdue, and headed up the program. it had a new person every year. it was not doing well. all of the records say that he worked day and night to build that program into one of the greatest in the country. when world war ii started he was taken back into the military. he never returned to purdue. but he had built somethi