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Early aviator & stunt pilot. www.earlyaviators.com/emcgee.htm

What about the date on the photograph itself - "March 10, 1913"?

Burgess is the name of the plane, he would later drown while test flying a plane that flipped over in the water

I added to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McGee_(aviator)

Never obtained Aero Club of America license

Bonita e historica vista de los inicios de la aviaciòn.Gracias y Saludos.

What a great shot

Thank you!! Every day a little gift from the past!

what an interesting picture

This appears to be of a later design, but might be related to Curtiss Flying Boat NC-4 www.aviation-history.com/navy/nc4.html Flying boat NC-4 was a subject of a history detectives story www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/506_nc4.... The History detectives video segment describes the difficulty and danger involved in flying these seaplanes across the Atlantic in the teens... amazing.

Members of the First Yale Unit, Port Washington, L.I. See notes under

Rear Admiral Erl Clinton Barker Gould (1895-1968) www.millionairesunit.org/index.php?option=com_content&...


Frederick Trubee Davison (February 7, 1896 - November 14, 1974) was an American World War I aviator, Assistant US Secretary of War, Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of the American Museum of Natural History. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trubee_Davison

Artemus Lamb Gates (November 3, 1895 – June 14, 1976) was an American businessman, naval aviator, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in charge of naval aviation efforts in World War II.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemus_Gates

Thanks for providing all the information and links to resources. We'll add information when we next update the description.