FBI file 62-HQ-83894 Flying Discs, section 3

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was through my athletics. As a boy in Minot, North Dakota, I
did a good deal of dog sled racing, placing first with my . dog
in 1930 in the Lions Club Dog Derby.
In 1938 I went to work for Red Comet, Inc. of Littleton,
Colorado, a manufacturer of automatic fire fighting apparatus.
In 1939 I was made district manager for them over a part or the
western states, and in 1940 I established my ovm fire control
supply known as the Greet Western Fire Control Supply. I have
been working as an independent fire control engineer since,
and I handle, distribute, sell and install all types of auto
matic and manual fire fighting equipment in the rural areas over
five western states .
My flying experience started as a boy in Minot, North
Dakota, where I took my first flying 1 es son .from Earl T. Vance,
who was originally from Great Falls, Montana. Due to the high
cost et that time , I was unabl e to continue my flying and did
not fly of any great consequence until 1943. I wss given my
pilot certificate by Ed Leach. a senior CAA inspector of
Portland, Oregon, and for the last three years have owned my
o;,m airplane ooverin; my entire territory with same and flying
from forty to one hundred hours per month since. Due to the
fact tha t I use an airplane entirely in my work , in January
of this year I purchased a new Callair airplane, which is an
airpl ane designed for hi6h altitude take-offs end short rough
field usage.
In the type of flying I do , it takes a great deal of
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