"Archie" Stone was the pilot and navigator on the Navy Curtis flying boat NC-4, the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic (8-31 May, 1919 - that's right, 23 days!). While researching early Navy aviator training I was surprised to read that Archie Stone served on the the revenue cutter Itasca in 1914! He later became an aviator (Coast Guard aviator #1) and eventually was responsible for much the pre-WWII training regimen and early Coast Guard aviation. He was also quite a character by what I've read so far.
I still haven't learned exactly what training early Navy and Coast Guard aviators had. It has a bearing on the flyover search of Gardner. Commander Stone was heavily involved in search and rescue training of his day (prior to 1935).