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Wright Aeronautical Corporation, where he remained until 1943. At this time he joined the Civil Aviation Agency on inspection duties and was in that service until he retired in 1960. Jones enjoyed air travel in retirement and did some lecturing before civic groups on the early days of aviation.

After a lingering illness Jones passed away April 15th, 1973, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at age 83. He was survived by two sons, Harry M. Jr., with whom he had made his home, and Robert, of Armonk, New York; and a daughter, Mrs. Doris Walsh of Goleta, California. Burial was in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Early Bird Harry M. Jones was truly a sincere and hard working flying pioneer who devoted his entire life to aviation in all its phases, and is richly deserving of his place in American aviation for his many noteworthy contributions to its development. [[strikethrough]]During his twelve give years of flying[[/strikethrough]] He flew over twenty different types of land and water planes, logged over 10,000 hours in the air and carried over 100,000 passengers. [[strikethrough]]Over[[/strikethrough]] During this time he [[strikethrough]]also[[/strikethrough]] operated planed with the Wright double lever, Curtiss shoulder-yoke, stick-and-rudder, and Deperdussin wheel-and-yoke, [[strikethrough]]and Dep[[/strikethrough]] controls [[which were common of that day,[[/strikethrough]] and taught scores of students to fly. He was virtually the founder of aviation in the State of Maine.

The name of Harry M. Jones appears on the Memorial Plaque at Governors Island, New York, with those of other pioneer flyers who made landings there during the early days of aviation. Well known and loved for his congenial and courteous manner, he was one of American aviation's greatest flying ambassadors.

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