This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith/Stolpp Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2161 Message Board Post: Ernest Leroy Smith of San Mateo Co., (possibly town of San Bruno, but would have been in the San Francisco paper too) was the first civilian pilot to fly the historic non-stop flight from San Francisco to Honolulu in 1927 in 25 hrs. He repeated the flight in 1952 (25 years later). I would be grateful if someone would look up his obituary. He died April 21, 1967 in San Mateo. Thank you so much. Diana Williams