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Middletown Man Becomes Early Bird of Aviation
Melvin Hodgdon of 132 Euclid Middletown first flew solo in 1912 at age 15 near Saugus Massachusetts. He joined the Early Birds of American Aviation after a long test-pilot and engineering career, later working for Armco and retiring in 1961 as a project engineer.
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Melvin Hodgdon
Euclid
Middletown
Smithsonian Institute
the Aviation, Inc
U.S
California
A. Francis
Arcier
Dayton
Reinhardt N
Ausmus
Sandusky
al J. Engel
Cleveland
Ernest C. Hall
Warren
George A. Page Jr
Reynoldsburg
Claude W. Pound
Maumee
Stanley
Vaughn
Columbus
Page
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Hoddon
Immelman
Bowman
Hodgdon
Hodgen
Wright
Burgess Wright
Whittemore
Dr. Hamm
Wittemore-Hamm
Curtissout
Victor Carlstrom
Tufts College
Wedgdon
U. S Army
Armco International
Steel
Armco
Ashland