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

as to who would fly first, but Walsh had a head start and was in the air on July 4th, 1910, although Roehrig was soon ready. On a strip of beach both slowly learned to fly that summer and George Hallett enjoyed joining their camp every weekend to help with the work and to tune their engines. There on September 9th Roehrig won the Knabenshue Cup for a flight of about four miles. This cup was to be given to the first California pilot and machine to fly 1,000 feet. On October 22d and 23d the Aero Club of Southern California held an all-amateur flying meet at the Los Angeles Motordrome south of the city. Both Roehrig and Walsh entered, with Charles Day, J. J. Slavin, A. L. Smith, J. S. Zerbie and the Eaton-Twinning plane, while the Cannon brothers made some auto-towed glider flights.
   At this event four cups were offered for the following best flights. the Los Angeles Examiner Cup for distance during the entire event; the San Diego Cup for altitude; the Leonard-Smith cup for circular flight and the Whitley Cup for duration. Charles Walsh won all four easily, out-flying all other contestants. Roehrig had so much trouble with his automobile engine he failed to make much of an over-all showing, so after the event he installed a 6 cylinder 90 H.P. Elbridge engine, then did considerable flying with his machine at the Aero Club grounds. During November and December he carried passengers there on occasion.
   He was an amateur contestant in the second Los Angeles aviation meet at Dominguez Field December 24th, 1910 to January 3d, 1911 and had the misfortune to have a smashup but was not injured. After the event he repaired his machine and teamed up with Diddier Masson to make exhibition flights at Bisbee and Globe, Arizona. They carried passengers but the expedition was a financial failure and the tour ended there. Roehrig did some flying in 1911 but abandoned aviation entirely has a bad financial undertaking early in 1912.
   Following this he returned to promoting ideas and was financially successful with patented inventions. Later he became a lamp manufacturer and then bottle capping machines Roehrig was a member of the Early Birds.
   While living in Woodland, California, Roehrig passed away on March 2, 1948 following a prolonged illness, at age 68. He was survived by three sons.

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