When Paulhan made a barnstorming tour of the United States in 1910, Masson went with him. The two of them were advertised as appearing at an air meet in Boston on 19 August 1910. At Garden City, New York, Masson successfully test-hopped a biplane built by aviation pioneer E. Lilian Todd in the latter part of 1910.(New York Herald, 8 November 1910) http://www.earlyaviators.com/emasson.htm Retrieved on 18 September 2010. Note: Article mentions the search for an engine as the final touch to finish the Todd airplane as beginning about four months before publication date: i.e., about July 1910. Allowing time for engine selection and installation moved the completion date of the plane to late 1910. With Paulhan's help, Masson continued to accumulate both solo and dual flight time even though too poor to own his own airplane.
