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engine company. Evidently the school was discontinued at that time and Prodger returned to the Long Island fields where he did considerable test flying for the remainder of that year.

He returned to his home at Great Falls, Montana, that winter and during the spring of 1914 started an aviation company there to carry passengers, using a Wright machine. Evidently nothing much came of this and he soon went to England to join Beatty, who had started a flying school and Hendon Aerodrome and was doing a flourishing business. Prodger continued as instructor there for about one year, and during that time saw the need for experimental test and acceptance pilots.

In mid-1915 he joined a well-known pioneer British pilot, Sidney Pickles, to form a company to offer flight test services to the British aircraft industry, with an office in London. Leaving Beatty, Prodger went on to become internationally known in this work during World War I and conducted tests on all types and sizes of war planes, from the largest 4-engine bombers to the smallest bantam scout machines. His reputation spread rapidly and his services, expert opinion and judgment were in demand wherever new types of planes were being produced.

During these activities Prodger established some notable flying records. In the fall of 1918 he set up a new world record for passenger carrying when he flew to 7,000 feet altitude in a Handley-Page bomber with 21 adults. In early 1919 he carried 40 passengers on a flight over London, and in May made a flight from Belfast, Ireland to Falkstone, England, 410 miles [[strikethrough]],[[/strikethrough]] in a heavily loaded Handley-Page machine.

Prodger continued in this work until March, 1920, when he returned to the United States for a rest at his home in Great Falls, Montana. His work in Europe had been a great credit to him and the British aircraft firms tried in every way to induce him to stay, but he wanted to come home. After a brief visit and rest he went to Los Angeles where he became the western distributor for British Bristol aeroplanes, working for importer Willian G. Ranels of

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