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

8 CHANCE M. VOUGHT

25 Early Eright Pilot - Designer, Engineer and Manufacturer 

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Chance M. Vought was born in New York City, February 26, 1888. He was a graduate engineer of Pratt Institute, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Following college he was employed by Harold McCormick as an engineer doing 1909-1910 where he worked with Sidney V. James on McCormick's early aeronautical experiments, including the design of the Umbrella-Rome plane. Three of these early experimental planes of radical design were built, which were not successful.

In the spring of 1912 the Aero Club of Chicago appointed Vought to pass upon the condition of all [[strikethrough]]aeroplanes[[/strikethrough]] airplanes before they could be flown at Cicero Field. In June he started taking flying instructions at the Little School and on July [[strikethrough]]29th[[/strikethrough]]27th made his first solo flight, with his third on July 29th. Continuing to practice, he flew for his license, No. 156, on August 14, 1912, at Cicero on a Little Wright. After more flying practice at Little school throughout the fall of 1912, in late October he was made field manager until the school closed following the termination of Drew's contract as manager. At that time Vought was also engineer in charge of the school equipment for Little and did engineering lecturing to the students as part of their flying course. Be-