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NELS J. NELSON - Hartford, Conn. boy who built his own hydroplane and flew them, becoming top instructor for the Mills Brothers in Chicago. Nels had claim to being the first one to build a non-leak pontoon for hydroplanes and flying boats. 

WALTER E. JOHNSON, one of the early Curtiss employes who wanted to fly. He went to Nornell, New York to fly for the Thomas Brothers. He learned to fly the then known Thomas Headless Biplane, and how he could fly them. He said they flew like chain lightning. 

W. C. ROBINSON, early aviator who held at one time the world's record for distance three hundred and thirty-two miles from Des Moines to Kendland, Ind. in a parasol type ship. 

Lt. HAROLD GEIGER. Harold did lots of early experimental flying with the Sperry Gyroscope at San Diego, Cal. He was in charge of the Hydro division Gov. Air Service at Honolula. 

ALEX C. BEECH - early aeroplane designer who built many a fine flying aeroplane, among them the Beech National. 

GROVER C. BERGDOLL, another one of those early balloon pilots who gave up the slow motion to learn to fly the faster aeroplanes of the early days. 

CHARLES L. WIGGINS, Cal Rodgers' great mechanisc, who later learned to fly and became a very successful aviator. He would sign his name C. LIVINGSTON Wiggins, like C. Graham White and C. Milton Dunlap, the only early aviators to part their names in the middle. 

COMMANDER H. C. RICHARDSON - heaviest licensed aviator, weighing 210 lbs. He was a great Naval constructor, he and Capt. Chambers built the first catapult that successfully shot an aeroplane and aviator in the air at flying speed.