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Ohio. He flew in the New York-to-Toronto Race in September carrying Lt. M. Holland, using a DH-9 plane.

In 1920 Coombs became Chief Engineer and test pilot for the Ordnance Engineering Corporation, Baldwin, Long Island, [[crossed out]] New York [[crossed out]]. That spring the firm brought out a good looking 38-foot-span four-seat biplane. Called the Type F, Tourister, it was powered by a 150 h.p. [[crossed out]] H.P. [[crossed out]] Hispano-Suiza engine and had a double side-by-side seating arrangement. On May 7th Coombs established an altitude record of 16,000 feet with this plane, carrying three passengers. May 17th he bettered this record by flying to 17,500 feet.

Later that summer Coombs was lent [[crossed out]] loaned [[crossed out]] to Mr. S. E. J. Cox by Ordnance Engineering Corporation to be alternate pilot to Roland Rohlfs in the Gordon Bennett Race at Etampes, France on September 28th. Cox had a special Curtiss Race Plane for the event called the "Wildcat," a small monoplane powered by a Curtiss C-12, 400 [[crossed out]] H.P.[[crossed out]] engine. Coombs went to France for this event, but they failed to bring the Trophy back to America due to insufficient testing of the airplane [[crossed out]] development [[crossed out]] prior to the event.

Cox had a second special Curtiss race plane, the "Cactus Kitten," and Coombs won second place in the 1920 Pulitzer event at the National Air Races at Omaha, Nebraska, on November 3rd flying this plane.

He remained at Ordnance Engineering through 1920 and into 1921 when he began flight testing of the Remington-Burnelli Airliner. From 1921 through 1927 Coombs was President and General Manager of United Auto Interests, Inc. From 1928 through 1931 he was Operations Manager for International and Canadian Airways, Inc., and from 1931 to 1935 was Operations Managers for International Airways, Inc.

In 1935 Coombs became Senior Airport Engineer for the Works Projects Administration and was a consultant in the New York State program in the design and construction of airports. He remained in this position until he passed away in Polyclinic Hospital on February 26, 1944, at age 55. He survived by his wife, a son and a brother. Coombs was a member of the Early Birds and had been awarded the Aero Club of America Medal of Merit in 1918. He held Transport Flying License No.1031, Candadian License No. 394 and F.A.I. Expert License No.114.

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