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C. O. Prest In 1942 was a Cons. Engr. for Lockheed Burbank Learned to fly at Dominguez 1911 Established worlds speed record for Class C planes at San Bernardino - 1930 Exh. pilot 1911-1915 - Chief Inst. Riverside Aircraft Co. 1916-17 Pilot-mfgr-salesman 1918-1931 Developed template process. Electrolytic used by Lockheed Boeing-Douglas & Vega. Mem. E B Proff. Pilots Assn Attend H. School in San Bernardino Married 1-child daughter Between 1911-1914 he divided his time between flying and motorcycle racing - next 2 yrs. motordrome work the back to aviation. In 1821 he made an outstanding flight of Venice to Alaska "1922" flew from [[strikethrough]] Alaska [[/strikethrough]] Buffalo N.Y. to Alaska On May 28 1930 he set a worlds Speed record on a close course flying his Baby Pursuit of his own designs & mfgr. Lic. F.A.I. Member EB-NAA-SAE Proff-Pilot Assn In 1932 he ran the Prest Airplanes & Motors Arlington Col. Died 1959