Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame

Declaration of Enshrinement

November 6, 2010

Photo courtesy: History Colorado (Buckwalter Collection, Scan #20031674)

William A. Ivy

In June 1910, William A. Ivy, aka Ivy Baldwin shipped an aircraft to Carson City by rail for his conducting daily flights during the Carson City Sagebrush Carnival. His crew assembled the plane in a field at the old Raycraft Ranch where on June 23, 1910, Ivy made the first air flight in Nevada.  With the world altitude record being 4,165 feet, and the plane lifting off near sea level, it raised doubts about his aircraft’s ability to take off from Carson City with an altitude of 4,675 feet.  Ivy did manage to take off and reach a height of 50 feet above ground level. He flew a half mile before turning back, landing successfully on the field, setting a new world altitude record of 4,725 feet mean sea level.  Ivy followed his initial flight with exhibition flights at the Carnival on July 3, 4 and 5.

For being the first person to fly an airplane in the State of Nevada successfully, William A. Ivy, aka Ivy Baldwin, earned his place in the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame.

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TD BARNES, Executive Director

Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame