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mention was made of the Catalog of Naval Aeronautical Materials which he had prepared and put into general use. Waite believed that his greatest honor was to have been selected by the Navy to assist the Smithsonian Institute by supervising the transportation of the original Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk flyer from New York to Washington when it was returned from England in December, 1948, and get is assembled and ready to be put on display for future generations at the Smithsonian National Museum.

An active Early Bird, one of New England's first aviators, and a devoted sincere flying pioneer of early American aviation, Roy Waite's final years were spent at Norwood, Massachusetts, where he frequently visited the local flying field and often wnet flying with his friends. Mr. Waite served aviation in all its various pahases - mechanic, designer-builder, pilot, instructor and a long period of inspection and advisory work where his early experience was of great value. He deserved particular credit for having the courage and determination to teach himself to fly at a time when many students gave up even with the assistance of competent instrucotrs. A firm believer in "safe flying," his lifetime efforts contributed in many ways to the development of American aviation.