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9. Did you ever hear of P.G.B Morriss? Meet him? Know him? (Where, when, under what circumstances, etc.)

10. Did you know any of the officials or pilots of the Benoist Air Craft Company? (names, dates, places, details, etc.)

11. If you knew of Tom Benoist, was it in St. Louis? (Please tell anything you may know of his work there, when began, what type planes built, how many, in comparison with other plane builders of that day, when did he leave St. Louis.)

12. Do you know anything about Benoist's work in Sandusky? (Dates, types of planes, what kind of operations; that is, did he merely build and sell planes, or did he also stage exhibition flights or operate passenger services.) Also names of pilots employed there.

13. What do you know of the history of the Roberts Aero Motor Co.? (Dates of operation, where, what plane builders used, comparison with other motors used then.)

14. Have you ever heard it said that Tom Benoist used Wright patents without being sued, as other plane builders were? Why?

15. Do you know anything about quantities of planes being built by various manufacturers between 1912 and 1914?

Wright Bros.;  
Curtiss:     
Burgess:   
Benoist;   
Sloane; 
Martin;
Paterson-Francis;
Gallaudėt;
Uppercu;
Berliner;
Henrick Bros.;
Any others?
(These may be annual, monthly, or whatever period your knowledge covers.)