From his passenger seat he fired a rifle twice at a target from an altitude of 100 feet with Glenn H. Curtiss flying the airplane .
Fickel is credited with firing the first recorded gunshot ever from an airplane on August 20 , 1910 .
From Fickel 's passenger seat Fickel fired a rifle twice at a target from an altitude of 100 feet with Glenn H. Curtiss flying the airplane .
Fickel is credited with firing the first recorded gunshot ever from an airplane on August 20 , 1910 .