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ARTHUR C. BURNS
Pioneer West Coast Aviator

FROM THE
FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES
OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE

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Arthur C. Burns was born at Dallas, Texas, November 15, 1892. At an early age his family moved to California where he completed his education.

As a Los Angeles newsboy he lived near the Dominguez Flying Field where he became so interested in flying machines that he was always there whenever any flying was scheduled. He attended all the early flying meets held on those historic grounds and [[strikethrough]]naturally became[[/strikethrough]] determined to learn to fly.

In 1912 he bought a set of plans to build a Curtiss-type pusher biplane and, with the help of Ed. Musick, H.C. Jassen and Harry Reynolds, built a front elevator, single-surface plane. It was completed in the early months of 1913. [[strikethrough]], then [[/strikethrough]] He had trouble getting an engine, but was finally able to rent a 4-cylinder, 40 h.p., Hall-Scott engine from H.V. Schiller of the Schiller Flying School at Venice, California.

Burns took his plane to Venice where, after the engine was installed, he started the grass cutting and gradual hop method of teaching himself to fly, making his first good solo flight on April 10[[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]], 1913.

He continued flying locally through 1915, then in November of that year [[strikethrough]]was[[/strikethrough]] became a member of the California Naval Militia Aero Corps. In this [[strikethrough]]duty[[/strikethrough]] service he was sent to the Curtiss Flying School at North Island, San Diego, California, for advanced training. There, on December [[strikethrough]] 29 [[/strikethrough]] 29th, 1915, he obtained F.A.I. pilot license No. 370, flying

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