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[[stamped]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD MOREHOUSE [[/stamped]]

until that time Beers had not obtained a flying license but on November 15, 1916 he was granted F.A.I Hydro License No. 61 at Essington.

In early 1917 the Government took over the Essington School as a Military Training Base and sent four additional planes, with Captain William Ocker as the Government Representative and Supervisor. Johnson and Beers were retained as instructors and John Tweed, Clair Horton and Robert Patterson soon joined the base as additional instructors. The School operated there during the 1917 summer season then that fall was moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana. At that time Robert Simon, Harry Jones and Frank Mills were also instructors. The school was there only a short time when operations were shifted to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas.

In 1918 Beers was later stationed at Mineola, New York and the Philadelphia Navy Yard. During this period he flew on occasion for the World War I Victory Loans, dropping leaflets to sponsor the drives. Beers was released from civilian aviation military service on December 31, 1918 after having served one year, nine months, during which time he was listed as "senior grade" and was retired with an excellent record of service. He was granted a second flying license, No. 369 by the Army and Navy Board on February 27, 1919 at Essington, Pennsylvania.

During the early spring of 1919 Beers returned to Rochester where he flew a World War I Curtiss JN-4 at Britton Field carrying passengers. He also flew in Toronto, Canada with this plane that spring and on April 19th flew from Toronto to Buffalo, New York in 2 hours, 15 minutes. That spring he also did some aerial survey work in Butler, Pennsylvania for the Phillips Gas and Oil Company. Beers founded the Rochester Aircraft Corporation in mid-1919 and became President of the firm, to carry passengers, make aerial photographs and engage in exhibition contract work.

In 1922 Beers was operating the Bergen County Aircraft Company at the Teterboro, New Jersey airport, carrying passengers and doing some barnstorming in neighboring states, using Curtiss JN-4 and British AVRO planes. In 1923 he also owned a Huff-Deland PETREL biplane with an OX engine.

In 1924 he was employed by the Kirkham Products Company of Garden City, Long Island, New York on aircraft construction. While there he assisted in the building