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A part of the second floor of the Alexander factory showing initial steps in fuselage construction.

Do you Remember?

Do you remember when Glenn L. Martin first built one of "them" there are flying machines in his shop in Los Angeles?"

Do you remember when Adolph Sutro thrilled the folks in San Francisco with his flying boat?

Do you remember Miss Harriet Quimby and when she flew across the English Channel?

Do you remember when the Wright Company had a winter flying field in Augusta, Georgia?

Do you remember when Earle Ovington made the fastest time at the Chicago Meet back in 1912? - 17 MILES PER HOUR!!!

Do you remember when Harry Harkness distributed the prizes at the Sheepshead Bay Aviation Meet in May, 1916?

Do you remember the old days at Hempstead Plains and the many air pioneers who had their shops and hangars there?

Do you remember when Louis Paulhan made history at the meet in Los Angeles at Dominguez Field years ago?

Do you remember old Kinloch Field at St. Louis? 

Do you remember the famous "Great Lakes Flying Boat Cruise" in 1913?

Do you remember that the contestants in said Flying Boat Cruise were - 

1. Antony Jannus, "Benoist" machine.....65 hp. Roberts motor.

2. Hugh Robinson, "Benoist" machine - 80 hp. Sturtevant motor.

3. De Lloyd Thompson, Walco machine - 50 hp. Gnome motor.

4. Lieut. J. H. Towers,Curtiss machine - 80 hp. Curtiss motor.

5. Weldon B. Cooke - Cooke Machine - 65 hp. Roberts motor.

6. Beckwith Havens, Curtiss machine - 90 hp. Curtiss motor.

7. Walter Johnson, Thomas machine, 65 hp. Kirkham motor.

8. L.A, Vilas, Curtiss machine - 90 hp. Curtiss motor.

9. Glenn L. Martin, Martin machine - 90 hp. Curtiss motor.

10. Roy M. Francis, Paterson machine - 80 hp. Hall-Scott motor.

Do you remember when Lieut. T. de W. Milling used a "Deperdussin" Monoplane in the Gordon-Bennett races?

Do you remember when the towns people and fellow citizens raised funds in Erie, Pennsylvania, to buy a new machine for the late Earl Sandt - who was first to fly across Lake Erie?

Do you remember such pioneer exhibition flyers as: Floyd Barlow, Thad Kerns, Eaton, Gage, Stites, Schumann, Hill, Kearney, Christofferson, Cooper, Hamilton, and others whose names are numbered almong those of this nation's heroes?