{"id":297,"date":"2019-11-07T19:16:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=hall_of_fame&#038;p=297"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T18:22:24","slug":"charles-w-mayse","status":"publish","type":"hall_of_fame","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/hall-of-fame\/charles-w-mayse\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles W. Mayse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Charles W. Mayse<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame<\/strong><br \/><strong><em><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Enshrined 1992<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Charles Mayse was born near Pawhuska, Oklahoma. He left school at the age of twelve and worked at odd jobs until serving as a truck driver for the Pershing Expedition in 1916. Later, he learned to fly and purchased a JH-4 in which he barnstormed throughout the midwest. He flew in Chihuahua, Mexico for the Rurales in 1920 before returning to barnstorming in the U.S. Charley flew mail for a time in Honduras, but illness forced a return once again to barnstorming. In 1927 he leased the old Tucson Municipal Airport and opened the Mayse Flying School. The Mayse Air Service provided flying instruction, airplane sales, and charter flights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Charles-W.-Mayse.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During the Depression, Charley flew charter flights from Sky Harbor in Phoenix. He took over the Douglas, Arizona International Airport in 1935 but left to train military pilots during World War II. Returning to Douglas, Charley resumed the job he had left during the war. Charley Mayse blazed a trail in the Arizona skies for others to follow. 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