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W. B. ATWATER. Bill demonstrated the Curtiss hydroplanes around the world. He flew these ships before army and navy officers and before the Royalty of Europe. After all this honor he had hopes of arriving home in his home town to be received by a deligation of prominent citizens and a brass band. All he received was two deputies with attachment papers.

R. C. St. HENRY - one of the early test pilots with Curtiss, he tested some of the ships that had to land on newly plowed ground; also he flew ships with the rudder tied and some with the aerolions tied.

Lt. V. D. HERBSTER. Early Wright pilot flying at North Island, SanDiego. He was tops at North Island when, one morning, he took a Wright hydro to the great height of four thousand five hundred feet.

J. L. CALLAN. Lanny, as he was always known was quite an instructor both on land machines and the flying boats. Lanny also invented the famour [[sic]] rubber boat for aviators.

FRANK J. TERRILL - The Worchester boy who quit being an automobile dealer to become a bird man. Frank was a passenger with aviator George Beatty and then it was all off with autos; he won the Statue of Liberty Flight.

Wm. KABITZKE - great Wright test aviator. He tested most of the Wright planes that were sold to the Government. He was chief test pilot at College Park, where the weight, speed and climbing tests were made.

CHARLES F. WALSH, known at the air meets as Dare Devil Walsh; a story about modest Walsh, at one of his flying exhibitions on the second day he tried to go through the gate. The gate keeper rebuffed him for trying to crash the gate. Well, Walsh promptly bought two tickets - not taking the trouble to disclose his identity.

K. TAKEISHI - one of the first Japanese to learn to fly in the United States. He startled everybody by taking Charley Day's new ship up to