3 July 1915 July 3, 2023AviationAerobatics, Byron Quinby Jones, LoopBryan Swopes Lieutenant Byron Quinby Jones, United States Army. (San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives) 3 July 1915: At San Diego, California, Lieutenant Byron Quinby Jones, Signal Corps, United States Army, intentionally executed a loop and a stall from which he successfully recovered, the first Army pilot to do so. © 2016, Bryan R. Swopes Share this article: