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engine. There Baldwin obtained F.A.I. Pilot license No. 7 on June 20, 1910. His first public exhibition flying was at St. Louis, Missouri September 10th to 12th, followed by flights at Kansas City, Missouri October 7th and 8th. Then he was a contestant at the Belmont Park Meet at New York October 22d to 30th. He had at that time built some planes and organized an exhibition team, Bud Mars and Tod Schriver.
They left for an Oriental exhibition tour in January, 1911 and made flights in Manila, China and Japan, then sold their planes and spare parts to the Government as they left for home. They were back in Mineola in April where Baldwin started the construction of some new planes, built for him by the Witteman Brothers of Staten Island, New York. He also took the eastern agency for Hall-Scott aviation engines and planned to use them in his new planes. These new machines were called "Red Devils" because they were covered with red Baldwin Rubberized Fabric. He flew one of these planes at an air meet at Columbus, Ohio May 29th to June 3d, then at Nassau Boulevard, New York on June 10th. At that time he was teaching three new students, Lee Hammond, William Badger and Blanche Scott. On July 30th Baldwin, Hammond and Badger left New York for Chicago, with their equipment, to compete in the Grand Park Meet August 12th to 20th. Baldwin, who was always preaching caution, had trouble with his young eager students and there Badger was killed, and Hammond had two serious accidents. After the event Baldwin and Hammond returned to Long Island where they were active that fall and flew in the Nassau meet September 23d to 30th. 
On December 27th Baldwin, Hammond and equipment sailed for the Orient on another exhibition tour. After flying in Manila, China and Japan they were back in New York on March 25th, 1912. Hammond gave up flying that spring and Baldwin then taught Cecil Peoli and Horace Kimmerle. Baldwin had apparently given up active flying at that time and abandoned the airship entirely. Peoli flew some exhibitions in 1912 and in July of that year Baldwin bought land and some buildings at Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, New York, and in September moved his entire operations there. He continued to have his planes built by Wittemen Brothers and carried on further