He died at a nursing home in Berkeley , California on August 27 , 1958 .
Edgar Wirt Bagnell ( 1890 -- 1958 ) , learned to fly at Newport News , Virginia in 1915 .
Edgar Wirt Bagnell died at a nursing home in Berkeley , California on August 27 , 1958 .
Edgar Wirt Bagnell ( 1890 -- 1958 ) , learned to fly at Newport News , Virginia in 1915 .