Lindsay, K. S.

Mr. Lindsay's early career was primarily as a salesman. From December 1919 until May 1924, he owned and operated an automobile business in Northboro, Massachusetts. He 1922 he learned to fly and obtained a pilot's license from the State of Massachusetts in September 1924. From 1924 until April 1928, he was employed as a salesman for a variety of companies including General Electric, Sprague Electrical Supplies, and the Clapp Rose and Vaughn Company.

In April 1928 his focus turned to aviation. From April to September 1928 he organized and operated the National Air Pageant Association which equipped and managed air shows in the New England and New York area. In September 1928 he bought a substantial interest in the New England Aircraft Company operating a Brainard Field, Hartford, Connecticut. The company was sold to Curtiss Flying Service in January 1929. From June 1929 to December 1931 he worked for Curtiss Flying Service and later, Curtiss-Wright Company, as an operations manager at a number of locations including Worcester, Massachusetts, Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Valley Stream Field in New York. In December 1931 he left Curtiss-Wright after the operations at Valley Stream Field were reorganized.

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