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where on November 5th, 1923 he and Bernard Whelan formed the Rinehart-Whelan Company to carry passengers, do cross-country flying and operate a school. The bug to build a new plane bit them and they brought one out, but it was never put on the market. In the summer of 1925 they also leased Norton Field, Columbus, Ohio and began operations at both cities and flying between them. This partnership was dissolved in 1928 but Rinehart continued alone until 1932 when he supervised the construction of a new plan to demonstrate the ZAPP wing flap. When completed he demonstrated this plate at several points about the country, and this was his last active work in aviation as a pilot.

During subsequent years Rinehart again made several trips to South America, and in 1941 tried unsuccessfully to launch a Government sponsored flying school in the south. During World War II he worked for a rubber development corporation in South America, and in 1948 tried avocado farming at Homestead, Florida. The following year Rinehart died suddenly on July 29th, 1949 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at age 64. His body was returned to Dayton where he was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery between Dayton and Troy, Ohio. He married in 1914, but alter divorced and never remarried. There were no children.

During his flying career Howard Rinehart was indeed one of the most colorful pilots of his time. His ability to judge the flying characteristics of a new airplane, analyze test performance and report accurately on the necessary corrections, made him and extremely valuable test pilot. A particularly capable instructor, he taught a great many people to fly, and his colorful demonstrations of some of the early planes are still vivid remembrances to all who ever saw him fly. An expert pilot and truly one of the real pioneers of the early days, his courage and active interest in aviation will ever remain as an inspiration for others to follow. He loved to fly and had very few accidents.
[Stamp] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [Stamp]

The name of Howard M. Rinehart appears on the Wright Memorial Plaque at Dayton with the other pioneers who learned to fly there.