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over Santa Barbara. On January 7th he made an outstanding flight of 75 miles, carrying a bundle of Los Angeles Times newspapers. On the flight he flew over Los Angeles, Pomona, and Rochester and on to San Bernardino. He continued his practice and in late January teamed up with Early Bird B. F. Roehrig to start an exhibition tour of the Southwest. After dates at Bisbee and Globe, Arizona they gave up the venture as a financial failure. 
On May 7th Masson and Clarence Walker made exhibition flights at Oakland, California, and May 27th they left for an exhibition tour of Hawaii and Australia. In June they were flying in Hawaii.
After returning, Masson and two mechanics built a new 50 hp., -Gnome- powered Curtis-type biplane with parts made by the California Aviation Company of San Francisco. When it was completed Masson started flying exhibitions with the new plane and was at Calgary, Alberta, October 17th to 26th at the Victoria Park grounds.
About this time Masson met Ivan R. Gates who was recovering from a serious automobile accident. Gates had learned to fly that year and the two men became close friends. As a result Gates, still on crutches, became Masson's exhibition promotion manager. In December Masson and Weldon B. Cooke flew at the Oakland, California, motordrome for several days.
In February, 1912, Masson was at San Rafael and filled other dates in California. In May their operations were moved to Chicago, Illinois, where they joined Mills Aviators exhibition circuit of the Midwest for the season, along with Art Smith, Nels Nelson and Fred Hoover. Gates became promotion manager for the group. After an active season Masson and Gates returned to California that fall where they parted company, and Masson joined the Glenn Martin Flying School at Balboa, California, as instructor. There on December 29th he flew his tests for pilot license and obtained F.A.I.
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