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ST. CROIX JOHNSTONE
Early Chicago Bleriot Monoplane Pilot
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FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHY OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE
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St. Crois Johnstone was born the Toronto, Canada in 1885, son of a prominent physician, When he was a small boy his parents moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he attended local schools, and in his youth raced motorcycles and automobiles.

With the advent of early aviation interest in the Chicago area he tried to build an airplane, which was not a success. As a result he went to Europe during the fall of 1910 and enrolled for a flying course at the Bleriot School, Hendon Aerodrome, near London, England. There, through November, he learned to fly from instructor M. Pierre Prier. Continuing his practice, Johnstone obtained F.A.I. British Flying License No. 41, dated December 28, 1910.

Johnstone returned to the United States very early in 1911, joined the Moisant International Aviators at Hempstead, Long Island, New York, and began flying a Moisant-built Bleriot-copy monoplane with a 50 hp's., Gnome rotary engine. His first exhibition engagement was at the aviation meet in Havana, Cuba, beginning March 19th. Other Moisant aviators also flying there were French pilots Rene Barrier, Rene Simon and Roldand Garros. Curtiss pilot J. A. D. McCurdy also flew there on March 22nd Johnstone made a flight over Havana and the harbor, the circled Morro Castle.  While returning to the aviation field
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