Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Parmelee kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa Texas a cikin bazara na 1911, inda ya tashi Wright Flyer tare da Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois. Ma'aurata sun gudanar da ayyukan bincike na farko na soja, suna tashi tare da iyakar Mexico a lokacin da sojojin Amurka suka gudanar a matsayin nuna karfi ga 'yan juyin juya halin Mexico
Ka yi haƙuri. Jirgin saman ba mallakar sojojin Amurka bane, wanda jirgin sama ba shi da aminci, ko kuma Wright brothers, amma an yi hayar daga Robert J. Collier, mai mallakar "Collier's Weekly". A jirginsu na biyu, Foulois da Parmelee ba da gangan suka kashe injin ba. A wani wuri mai zurfi a kan Rio Grande, Parmelee ya sami injin ya sake farawa, amma a cikakke. Tashin hankali na kwatsam ya sa jirgin ya sauka a cikin ruwa kuma ya juye a samansa. Babu wani matukin jirgi da ya ji rauni kuma an ceto jirgin sama kuma an gyara shi. Daga baya a cikin 1911, Parmelee ya kasance matukin jirgi na Wright Model B lokacin da mai shekaru 54 mai suna Grant Morton ya yi tsalle a kan Venice Beach, California. Wannan shi ne farkon tsalle da aka sani da mutum ya yi daga jirgin sama ta amfani da parachute.