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eighteen, Orville Wright would not accept her as a pupil until her mother had wired permission for her to take lessons. She first soloed on August 4 in a Wright model B and received her license on August 12. 

In May 1915 Marjorie tried to start an air mail route between San Antonio and Seguin, Texas. Arrangements had been made with postmasters of these two cities, which were thirty-five miles apart, and authorization had been obtained from the Assistant Postmaster General. Marjorie was sworn in by George Armistead, Postmaster of San Antonio, and was scheduled to make several flights between May 19 and May 31. However, the venture was not successful. 

Toward the end of 1915 the Stinsons set up their flying school. The school was unique because it was operated by three women: Marjorie and Katherine were instructors, and their mother Emma was business manager. Their brother Edward was cheif mechanic. Walter L. Brock, a famous British aircraft builder, joined the Stinsons. He supervised the building of a Caudron-type tractor biplane with a 50 hp Gnome engine to supplement the Stinson's three Wright aircraft.