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serving as chairman of ground arrangements for the Army's Around the World Flight in 1924 from Clover Field. Becoming
Director of Aviation of Los Angeles in 1928, he served as the first manager of the Los Angeles airport system. In that same year Henderson became manager of the National Air Races, promoting aviation with competition trophies, including the Thompson, Bendix and Grieve Trophies. He retired from the National Air Races in 1939. In World War II, Henderson served in the Army Air Corps, rising to the rank of colonel. He was involved in planning the Burma Hump air route, and also served as military governor of Dakar in North Africa.
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from 1928 through 1939. Described as "the Barnum of aviation," he obtained sponsors for two of the most well-known air races of the period, the Bendix transcontinental and the
Thompson closed-course classics. The
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in 1960. He died on March 26, 1984, in Rancho Mirage near Palm Desert.
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Bust of Palm Desert, California, founder
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convention center, designed by Los Angeles architects
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