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take flying lessons at the Martin School from Instructor Floyd Smith. Business activities evidently interfered and he did not complete his training at that time. He attended the automobile races at Indianapolis on May 30th and flew as a passenger with DeLloyd Thompson who was flying there. [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Thompson made some loops while Bragg was flying with him.

Later that summer Bragg ordered a Martin Model S, 52-foot-span biplane with special Hall-Scott motor. The plane was to be convertible from land to float gear. It seated a pilot and two passengers and was specially [[strikethrough]] Deluxe [[/strikethrough]] equipped. In early October Martin was in New York on business and Bragg returned with him to Los Angeles to complete his flight training.[[strikethrough]] In [[/strikethrough]] By late November Bragg was flying well and did considerable flying [[strikethrough]] there [[/strikethrough]] before he returned east. Due to delays at the Martin factory, Bragg did not get his new plane in New York until April, 1916.

For some time Bragg and Martin had been working on an aircraft engine, which [[strikethrough]] appeared [[/strikethrough]] was unveiled in May, 1916. Known as the Martin Engine, it was a Vee-8, 190 h.p. direct drive unit weighing 484 pounds complete; but nothing came of this venture.

At that time Bragg was evidently busy with the initial planning of what was soon to be the Wright-Martin Corporation. As co-founder of that merger, he brought several aviation and automotive companies together into one large combine, which [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] proved a helpful factor to America in World War I aviation. [[strikethrough]] The best that finally came from this was [[/strikethrough]] This combine obtained the license to construct the French Hispano-Suiza engine [[strikethrough]] which was [[/strikethrough]] and these were built in quantity [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] at the former Crane-Simplex Motor Company, [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] New Brunswick, New Jersey.

In January, 1917, Bragg was connected with the National Aerial Coast Patrol, enlisting men in New York and Palm Beach, Florida, and reportedly he trained a unit in Florida [[strikethrough]] at that time [[/strikethrough]] using a Curtiss flying boat. On July 24th Bragg flew his tests for a pilot license at Port Washington, Long Island, with a 100 h.p. Curtiss flying boat, and on August 1st was granted F.A.I. Hydro Certificate No. 70. On August 25th, [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] carrying two passengers, he set a new United States altitude record of 12,900 feet at Port Washington, [[strikethrough]] using [[/strikethrough]] flying a foreign-built F.B.A. flying boat with 150 h.p. Hispano engine. At that time he was engaged in numerous altitude tests and during these activities set [[strikethrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] another new United States altitude record of 22,000 feet, using a Wright-Martin Model V Plane with 150 h.p. Hispano engine, [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]]

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NOTEL ***Those slashes "/" through a capital letters means to make it lower case. NOT A STRIKETHROUGH!!