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Returning to Mr. Kohlsatt's office, we entered into quite a lengthy discussion. Finally we agreed he was to furnish, or get permission from the proper authorities, to use Grant Park on the lake front and to furnish police protection day and night. We were to be permitted to put up a tent in which to house the airplane. He was to pay us $5,000 for the two days exhibitions and an additional $5,000 on completion of the flight to Springfield. Mr. Kohlsatt entered heartily into the agreement after he found what we were capable of doing. I told him, "Now you can completely wipe out your friends' jibes over the Wellman affair and they will look up to you as a man of vision for attempting to show the public what can be done in this new art of aviation." 
I then returned to Dayton and reported to the Wright Brothers what I had accomplished. We planned accordingly. Walter Brookins was to do the flying, being what we considered him to be, the most skillful flyer and very careful in his judgement of distance. The outfit was shipped into Chicago and, according to the agreement we set up on Grant Park with our portable hangar. As advertised, we flew right on the tick of the watch, 12 o'clock noon, and again at six o'clock. We did this for two days and on the last day I called Brookins to one side and said to him, "Do you see the Harvester Building on Michigan Avenue?" He replied that he did.
"On the third floow is Harold McCormick's office. He won't see any of us, not interested. I want you to get out over the lake, fly in, and make right straight for that window. Come as close to it as you can with safety and then bank and turn away." 
"Well, what is the big idea?"
"I'll explain after you've made the flight."
Brookins did just what I wanted and before the flight was completed, I was in the office of Harold McCormick. He was very