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the Government during the war as a water flying school. There while helping to rig a plane a wing crate was accidently dropped on his leg and a protruding nail caused an ugly flesh wound. Blood poisoning developed and Hutchinson was hospitalized for two months, leaving him in a weakened, run-down condition. As a result he was unable to pass a physical examination for a commission in the Service.
Following the war Hutchinson returned to California and signed up as an instructor at a flying school in Riverside which a short time later went out of business.
In 1919 Hutchinson quit the flying game and went to Death Valley where he became employed by Pacific Coast Borax Company.
During World War II Hutchinson was a civilian Naval Aircraft Inspector at Ryan Aircraft Company, San Diego, California. He is a member of the Early Birds.
Flying Pioneer, Early Bird Joseph R. Hutchinson devoted much of his early life to flying, building planes and instruction, and is richly deserving of his noteworthy place in early American aviation history. Still living, e enjoys the memories of his early days of pioneer flying.