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Pioneer Flyer Here
[[image: man seated and looking at a poster]]

"There's nothing to flying these modern crates, they have gadgets in them to do everything." This is the opinion of Fred J. Wiseman, pioneer California flyer who, with Mrs. Wiseman, visited Sgt. and Mrs. Ben Norwood last week. And Wiseman should know whereof he speaks. In February, 1911, he made what is thought to be the first air mail flight in this country, a perilous jaunt from Santa Rosa to Petaluma, and later toured the west coast with his "kite." Wiseman says he had a fast plane for those days; it could do 50 miles per hour against the wind and once, with the wind, he flew fast enough to run down a meadowlark. The flyer, now with the Standard Oil company at San Diego, is shown here holding a poster announcing a series of flights at the 1911 Salinas Rodeo.
- Herald photo
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