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Berry made a parachute jump from his aeroplane at fifteen hundred feet, Tony was the first aviator to establish the first regular passenger carrying line with a flying boat. He flew from St. Petersburg, Fla. to Tampa, Fla. He also carried the first cargo of meat for a meat packing concern on his trips across the bay. 

J. HECTOR WORDEN. One of the first aviators to do scout duty for the Mexican Government. 

VICTOR LOUGHEED. Consulting engineer of the Aero Club of Illinois, a very brilliant thinker on all forms of air craft; one of the early men who was able mechanically and technically to write and give the properties and characteristics of dirigibles, ornithopthers, helicopters and aeroplanes and their power plants. One of the first men to say, "Some day soon aeroplanes will fly through rain or fog" and would pick out the atmosphere in which to fly at the best speeds. 

ARCH FREEMAN. One of the early Wright aviators who at air meets was very clever at dropping bombs on stationary objects. 

HORACE W. KEARNEY. Horace won the name of Shure Shot Kearney. He would fly any time. First man to fly from the Emeryville race track near Oakland, Cal. to San Fransisco, and land on a boulevard there. He was the first to advertise a post graduate course in flying, will teach you to fly off a postage stamp and land on a postcard, was his great advertisement. 

FRANK M. STITES, one of the old time aviators who decided to fly daring stunds [[sic]] for the movies. First man to be killed while flying for the taking of a movie. 

EARL DOUGHERTY, one of the first aviators to claim passenger carrying records. In a IAC biplane he carried five passengers. He was one of the aviators who flew out to welcome Galbreth P. Rogers on his arrival at Long Beach, Cal. on the last leg of Roger's history making flight across the United States.