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Long Island, part of the time in association with Richard Depew. On September 25th, 1937 Havens again flew his first passenger, John Dibert, across Long Island Sound in a Fairchild to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first flight in 1912.

During World War [[strikethrough]] II [[/strikethrough]] 2 Havens again served his country as Commander of the Naval Air Base at San Julian, Cuba. In 1946 he served as director of aircraft sales for the Embry-Riddle Company in Miami, Florida. On October 7th, 1948 Havens made a 35th Anniversary Flight from Albany to New York City carrying Mrs. Havens and Archibald Brown, in a 4-place Aeronca cabin plane on floats. On October 8th, 1953 he made a similar flight to mark the 40th anniversary, again carrying Mrs. Havens and Mr. Brown in a 4-place Cessna plane on floats.

In December, 1953 Havens was awarded the Scroll and Medallion by the National Aeronautic Association at the 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight Celebration in Washington D.C. On May 8th, 1960 he was honored at a meeting of the Long Island Early Flyers Club at Suffolk County Air Force Base, where he was presented with the Glenn Curtiss Silver Medal. As one of the founder members of the Early Birds, Havens served this distinguished organization in many varied capacities over the years, including its Presidency in 1941. He also retained his flying license into the later years and held Commercial Pilot License No. 2207, Aircraft Class 2S. Havens reportedly logged some 5,500 flying hours and flew exhibitions in [[underlined]] many states and in Cuba. [[/underlined]]

After a lingering illness Havens passed away in the Harkness Pavilion, division of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, in New York City on May 7th, 1969 at age 78. He was [[strikethrough]] also [[/strikethrough]] a member of the Quiet Birdmen, OX-5 Club, National Air Pilots Association, and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences.

Early Bird and Flying Pioneer extraordinary, Beckwith Havens devoted the major part of his active lifetime to the early development of aviation, and richly deserving of great credit for his many noteworthy accomplishments. Starting [[strikethrough]] at the beginning [[/strikethrough]] during the first decade of airplane flight he contributed to its progress continu[[strikethrough]]ally over [[/strikethrough]] ously through

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