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of the new Curtiss "Eagle," an 8-passenger cabin biplane using three Curtiss K-6, 150 h.p. engines. During these tests he made one flight carrying a 3,500 pound load. In October he flew the "Eagle" from Garden City, New York, to Washington, D.C., where in ten days he made 82 demonstration flights, carrying 476 passengers, most of whom were notable government officials. That fall he also flew the "eagle" to the West Coast for demonstrations. While there Acosta flew his tests for a pilot license at Pacific Beach, California, on September 19, 1919, and was granted Certificate No. 4885 on December 5th.

During 1920, Acosta did considerable flying for the JL Aircraft Company of New York. This firm was established and owned by wealthy J.M Larson to import the all-metal German Junkers 8-passenger monoplane. This plane had a low wing with a 48-foot span, an enclosed cabin and was powered by 6-cylinder, 185 h.p., B.M.W engines; it became known as the JL-6 monoplane. Acosta established several flight records and made a number of notable cross-country flights with the JL-6 that year. May 20th through 30th, he made numerous demonstration flights in this machine at the Pan-American Aeronautic Congress at Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he carried many distinguished passengers. On June 1st, at New York, he set a 5-passenger American altitude record of 20,600 feet with a JL-6. On June 27th, Acosta flew with three passengers from Omaha, Nebraska, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania; 1,200 miles nonstop in twelve hours and fifty-two minutes, for a new American passenger distance record. He had intended to fly into New York but extremely bad weather forced him down.

On July 29th Acosta and Larson left New York on a round-trip flight to the West Coast where they made numerous demonstrations at various cities, returning to New York on August 22nd. Later Acosta made two special flights with a JL-6 from New York carrying wealthy sportsmen to view the American Cup races off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, from the air. That year he also conducted initial flight tests of the unusual Remington-Burnelli 25-passenger airliner at Garden City,