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Old-Time Pilot Recalls Early Days of Flight
H Roy Waite aged 82 holds the first aviation license issued by the U S Commerce Department He recalls flying as the safest travel while driving is dangerous and describes early bombing feats and the 1912 Saugus flight waite left a lasting mark as one of the Early Birds and later served as a civilian aircraft inspector in Washington D C
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Norwood
Mass
UPI
H. Roy Waite
U.S. Commerce Department
Boston
Roxbury
Waite
Winthrop
Winthrop Shore
Boston Harbor
Squantum
Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville
Huntington Avenue
Burgess-Wright
Marblehead
Cliftondale
Saugus
Farnam Fish
Arch Freeman
Freeman
Forts Bank and Heath
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Billy Mitchell
Army
Navy
Massachusetts
Calais
Maine
Washington, D.C
U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics