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at the Race Track in Stockton, California, using a 2-seat Hall-Scott- [[strikethrough]] motored [[/strikethrough]] engined tractor biplane.  In July, 1915, he [[strikethrough]] was flying [[/strikethrough]] flew daily at the beach near San Francisco, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] conducting a passenger carrying business at [[strikethrough]] for the summer at the time of [[/strikethrough]] the Panama-Pacific Exposition.  Flying there with him at that time were Bob Fowler, Joe [[strikethrough]] Boquele [[/strikethrough]] Boguele, Silas Christofferson, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Harry Christofferson, and Art Smith [[strikethrough]] , was putting on the exhibitions at the Fair [[/strikethrough]].

In the early summer of 1916 Crawford offered his services to the California National Guard when they proposed to add aviation instruction to their program.  In 1917 he volunteered for service in the United States Army Air Service, but was rejected because of minor physical reasons.  Until 1922 he engaged in aircraft building and engineering work and designed several successful planes. 

In 1922 he became engaged in aeronautical experimental work in Los Angeles and in 1928 formed the Crawford All-Metal Aeroplane Company as President and Chief Engineer.  Convinced that future aircraft would be made of metal, he designed and built the first successful all-metal plane in the Los Angeles area.  It was a two-seat tandem, high wing, parasol-type monoplane with a full cantilever wing following German Junkers [[strikethrough]] construction [[/strikethrough]] practice of a multi-spar [[strikethrough]] arrangement [[/strikethrough]] construction, using corrugated sheet duralumin covering.  [[strikethrough]]  The plane [[/strikethrough]] It was powered [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] with a 165 H.P. radial [[strikethrough]] type [[/strikethrough]] engine and gave a very fine performance of 148 m.p.h., a climbing rate of 1600 [[strikethrough]] F.P.M. [[/strikethrough]] feet per minute, with a landing speed of 30 mph. [[strikethrough]] This [[/strikethrough]] The development of this airplane continued through 1928 and 1929. 

In 1930 Crawford was employed by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in the construction of Flying Boats for the Navy.  He later withdrew from aviation and went into the metal processing business but never lost interest in flying and air racing. 

During the years of 1938 to 1945 Crawford owned the Torrance Aluminum Products Company, Torrance, California, producing aluminum ingots.  In 1950 he became affiliated with the Mojave Smelting Company, Mojave, California.

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transcriber, please review the instruction for strikeouts. Several were missing one or both strikeout codes.