{"id":325,"date":"2019-11-07T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=hall_of_fame&#038;p=325"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T18:17:48","slug":"lowell-h-smith","status":"publish","type":"hall_of_fame","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/hall-of-fame\/lowell-h-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowell H. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lowell H. Smith<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame<\/strong><br \/><strong><em><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Enshrined 1994<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Lowell Smith was born in Santa Barbara, California. Educated as a mechanical engineer, he learned to fly in Mexico in 1915 while maintaining Pancho Villa\u2019s small fleet of airplanes. In 1917 he joined the U.S. Army Air Service, initially serving as an instructor. 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