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[[stamped]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/STAMPED]] time it was said that Daugherty had probably flown more different type planes than any other American pilot. During the early spring months of 1915 he was flying his Daugherty-Stupar biplane nearly every day at Long Beach, doing all kinds of stunts, landing on the beach and carrying passengers. In March he landed in the street in front of his father's apartment house, then flew out again. On March 5th he put on a bomb-dropping exhibition on three torpedo boats at the Municipal Dock, using dummy bombs. One week he flew for the Bentley Theatre dropping advertising leaflets. In June he attempted to have the local public officials put up a municipal hangar but was turned down. Daugherty continued his active home locality flying through the summer, carrying passengers and making exhibition flights. Through the winter months of 1915-1916 Daugherty started to do some instructing in addition to his exhibition flying, and continued this until June, when he left to take a Flying Instructors Course at the Signal Corps Aviation School, North Island, San Diego, California. He remained there until mid-August, when he returned to Long Beach, resumed his local flying activities, and started a school In April and May of 1917 Daugherty undoubtedly made the very first flight tests ever conducted of a controllable pitch propeller, at Long Beach. It was the invention of Robert Eustis and Seth Hart and the tests were made on his Daugherty-Stupar tractor. Daugherty continued this business until the start of World War I when he enlisted with the Government in July, 1917 as a civilian flight instructor at Rockwell Field, North Island, San Diego, California. He was there until September, 1918 when he was transferred to March Field, Riverside, California, where he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant R.M.A. On March 8th, 1919 Daugherty was discharged from Government services and returned to Long Beach, and there in June he established the Earl S. 5