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In the same class were Louis Gertson, A. Parla, Frank Seidel and R. Marti. Tait completed his course and was flying well when it became necessary for him to return to Indiana due to a serious illness in his family.
  He wanted to buy a plan and obtain his license, and intended to return to Hammondsport, however during the summer he decided he preferred a Thomas Brothers plane, so during the fall of 1912 he went to Bath, New York where he took more instruction, on their planes, and purchased a Thomas Model AX machine for exhibition purposes. At Bath, Tait obtained F.A.I. Pilot License No. 184, dated November 6, 1912, flying a Thomas pusher biplane with a 6-cylinder 50 H.P. Kirkham engine. His new plane was shipped to Indiana and he began to make plans for exhibitions during the 1913 season.
  In the spring of 1913 Tait began flying his plane at Anderson and on May 10th made exhibition flights at New Castle, Indiana for the Retail Merchants Association. On Decoration Day he flew at Kansas City, Missouri with R. M. McMillen, J. H. Worden and William Evans. There is evidence that Tait continued to fly some that season and made exhibition flights at Anderson during a Labor Day Celebration that fall.
  Inquiries at Anderson have disclosed that Tait continued to live there for several years, then moved away and as of this date it has not been possible to learn what became of him.