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Title: Ellington 1918
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Air bases--Texas--Houston Flight training--Texas--Houston
Publisher: (Houston, Tex.) : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Rice University, Fondren Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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ive, but many had to make financial sacrifices, forthey were forced not only to pay for their instruction, but to bear their personal expenses as well, insteadof being paid when taking free instructions. Ignorance of flying, too, made the game extremely hazardousand uncertain. Many civilian instructors cancelled attractive exhibition flying dates to train pilots for theUnited States Government. Ellington Field, at the close of the war, had seven civilian instructors, all of whom had trained pilotswho distinguished themselves at the front. Civilian instructors who have instructed at Ellington Field sinceits inception are: Harry B. Crewdson—Dean of flyers. One of less than a score of aviators who have flown continuallysince 1910, and still lives to tell of his experiences. Has trained army flyers since 1916 and cancelled thou- Page29) ( ELLINGTON FIELD—1918 Among those who made the Air Service possible, are Mr. Crewdson smiling for the films after an ExhibitionFlight before the war.
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W. F. SullivanDayton, Ohio Harry B. Crewdson,1550 F. 51st St., Chicago, Illinois E. W. Cleveland,Cohocton, New York ELLINGTON FIELD—1918) ( Page 30 Civilian flyers will not get gold service stripes; yet they are more than entitled to them. Theydaily risked their lives for the U. S Government from the beginning of the war until after thearmistice was signed. They taught the first instructors in the army how to fly. Those whose pic-tures are shown, have been instructing at Ellington Field since its inception.

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