claim: The 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was triple-elimination.
evidence: Lester James Maitland -LRB- February 8 , 1899 -- March 27 , 1990 -RRB- was an aviation pioneer and career officer in the United States Army Air Forces and its predecessors .. United States Army Air Forces. United States Army Air Forces. aviation. aviation. Maitland began his career as a Reserve pilot in the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I and rose to brigadier general in the Michigan Air National Guard following World War II .. Michigan Air National Guard. Michigan Air National Guard. World War II. World War II. Reserve. United States Army Reserve. U.S. Army Air Service. U.S. Army Air Service. World War I. World War I. In 1927 Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger completed the first transpacific flight from California to Hawaii , flying the modified transport Bird of Paradise .. Albert F. Hegenberger. Albert Francis Hegenberger. Although the recognition accorded them was less in comparison with the adulation given Charles Lindbergh for his transatlantic flight only five weeks earlier , Maitland and Hegenberger 's feat was arguably more significant from a navigational stand point .. Charles Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh. transatlantic flight. transatlantic flight. Maitland continued his career in the Air Corps , serving in combat as a bombardment group commander during World War II .. World War II. World War II. Air Corps. United States Army Air Corps. bombardment group. bombardment group. He later became the first director of the Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission and the Director of Civil Defense for the state of Michigan before changing professions and becoming an Episcopal minister .. Episcopal. Episcopal Church ( United States ). Civil Defense. Civil Defense