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10  AVIATION  May, 1911

each time in the specified space, then made a flight of six minutes twenty-five seconds, during which he made the required figure eights and successful landing, and an additional flight over the warships in the harbor close by to further show his excellent control of the machine.

"Mr. witmer's banking against the wind was as expert as that of any of the older aviators ever seen in San Diego or in Los Angeles. The flights were all at an apparent height of more than 200 feet and part of the time 300 feet or more. too much emphasis cannot be put upon the fulfillment of the requirements as to cutting off the motor and stopping of the aeroplane in the specified space.

"Mr. Witmer's flights in qualifying equalled any of those of Mr. Curtiss, for handling of the machine over this course. He is remarkably cool-headed, absolutely fearless yet not reckless to the slightest degree, and he is thoroughly capable and bound to make a name for himself as an aeroplane pilot if given the opportunity."

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CHAS. C. WITMER
Who Qualified for an Aviator's License

The baragraph which is yet to be calibrated recorded an altitude of nearly 450 feet.

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NORTH ISLAND, SAN DIEGO, CAL.,
Grounds of the Aero Club of San Diego, showing the Antoinette monoplane of H. A. Harkness, the large biplane of J. Kiley (at the left). C. C. Witmer's (right foreground), and "Lizzie," the machine used by Curtiss in schooling his aviators. Battleships Pennsylvania and Maryland in the distance.
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