CHAMPION'S FRIEND AND FORMER
STUDENT, EARL DAUGHTERY,
WOULD ASSUME THE ROLE AS THE
PREEMINENT PILOT IN LONG BEACH.
DURING WORLD WAR I, DAUGHTERY
BECAME A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
FOR ARMY AVIATORS.
HE WAS STATIONED ON
NORTH ISLAND IN SAN DIEGO
AND AT MARCH FIELD IN RIVERSIDE.
DAUGHTERY TAUGHT THE
INEXPERIENCED AVIATORS THE
BASICS AND THEN PROGRESSED
TO THE EVASION TACTICS
THAT WOULD ENABLE
THEM TO PARTICIPATE
IN SUCCESSFUL AERIAL COMBAT
AGAINST GERMAN ENEMY PILOTS.
AFTER THE WAR ENDED, DAUGHTERY
CAME BACK TO LONG BEACH.
HE OPENED A FLIGHT
SCHOOL IN 1919.
HE ALSO BOUGHT AND
SOLD AIRPLANES,
OFTEN SELLING AIRCRAFT TO
HIS RECENT AVIATION GRADUATES
AT PART OF A PACKAGE DEAL.
DAUGHTERY'S ENTREPRENEURIAL
SPIRIT FOR TURNING AVIATION
INTO A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
NEARLY MATCHED HIS PASSION
FOR PILOTING.
