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[[Stamp]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/Stamp]]

HOWARD M. RINEHART
Early Wright Exhibition and Test Pilot - Instructor
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Howard M. Rinehart was born March 16, 1885 at Eaton, Ohio, a few miles west of Dayton. He was a graduate of Eaton High School and the Naval Electrical College, Washington, D.C. He then went with the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, and was with the Amazon Wireless Company, as a [[strikethrough]] wireless [[/strikethrough]] construction engineer in Brazil from 1905 through 1912.

Rinehart saw his first [[strikethrough]] flying [[/strikethrough]] aircraft when a French pilot flew a Bleriot Monoplane at Manaos, Brazil during the summer of 1912. [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Rinehart became very interested. Knowing about the activities of the Wright Brothers near his home in Ohio he decided to return to the United States and investigate the possibility of learning to fly. [[strikethrough]] As a result [[/strikethrough]] Rinehart [[strikethrough]] joined [[/strikethrough]] signed in at the Wright School for flight instruction in August, 1913 and started lessons about September 1st. His instructor was Oscar Brindley, but Orville Wright soon took a liking to him and also gave him some special attention. On September 22d, 1913 he flew for his license, No. 266, on a school Wright at Simms Station, Ohio. Continuing his practice there Rinehart soon joined J.S. Berger, exhibition flying promotor, to tour the south for the winter months. Also flying for Berger were H. Roy Waite and George Gray.

After an active winter exhibition season Rinehart was appointed instructor of the Wright School when it opened at Dayton about May 15th, 1914. He taught

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