A prior poster said that Octave Chanute was flying gliders in San Diego when
Hiram Johnson was governor.

I believe that the gliderguider in San Diego was John J. Montgomery, after whom
Montgomery Field in San Diego on Kearny Mesa was named. Chanute's bio says
nothing about being in SD.

Jim
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