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not injured. Considering that he was an absolute beginner he made quite a good beginning and reportedly during the event he became the sixth person in the United States to make a complete circle in an aeroplane.
      Following the meet the plane was rebuilt at Los Angeles and Beachey continued his flying practice. They also continued experimenting and developing the plane and later Beachey flew a few exhibition dates at nearby California towns with gradually improving success. In April the Gill-Dosh Aeroplane Company was formed in Los Angeles to manufacture planes and give exhibitions. The incorporators were H. W. Gill, H. S. Dosh and H. Beachey. They announced a price of $3,500.00 for the plane with an improved Dosh-built American-British engine.
       Evidently during this period Gill also started to learn to fly and plans were made to build another improved plane. Hoping to produce something original they proceeded to build the first headless type biplane ever made in the United States, eliminating the front elevator, a feature soon adopted by all plane builders. They then entered the first National Aviation Meet for novices, held at Washington Park, St. Louis, Missouri July 11th to 16th, against six competitors. Beachey and Gill had both planes there, and Gill had a smashup while practicing on the 12th, due to his inexperience, and was in the hospital for three days. From the 13th on Beachy did well with the new headless machine. Eight planes were competing, including Hugh Robinson in his first public appearance. Following the meet Beachy and Gill repaired the first machine, which Gill had wrecked, then later sold it to Tom Benoist to start him in the aviation business.
        Beachey and Gill continued to base their flying operations at the newly established Kinloch Field in St. Louis for the remainder of the 1910 fall season and continued their flying practice there. Beachey flew a few exhibitions and was at Pueblo, Colorado September 20th to 22d; Montevista, California September 28th and Cumberland, Maryland October 4th to 7th, flying the Gill-Dosh headless biplane. Gill exhibited this machine at the St. Louis

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