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plane and later flew a few exhibiton 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 copies of their planes with an improved Dosh[[strikethrough]] =[[//strikethrough]]built American-British-engine.
Evidently, during this period Gill also started to learn to fly and planes were made to build another improved plane. Hoping to produce something original they proceeded to build a so-called "headless" biplane. It was reported to be the first ever made in the United States without 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, because of his lack of experience, had a smashup while practicing on the 12th and was in the hospital for three days. From the 13th on Beachey did well with the new headless machine. Eight planes were competing, including Hugh Robinson in his first public appearance. Folling the meet Beachey and Gill repaired the first machine, which Gill had wrecked, and later sold it to Tom Benoist to start him in the aviation business.
For the remainder of the 1910 fall season, Beachey and Gill based their flying operation at the newly established Kinloch Field in St. Louis and continued their flying practice there. Beachey flew a few exhibitions and was at Pueblo, Colorado, September 20th to 22nd; 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 National Aero Show held in the Coliseum November 17 [[strikethrough]]th [[//strikethrough]] to 24 [[strikethrough]]th [[//strikethrough]], 1910. The Beachey-Gill combination ended in 1910 and Gill later became a renowned Wright pilot.
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