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was not a success, so he flew exhibitions in the Midwest until he fall when he organized a flying school  with B.W. Beam at Celina, Ohio. Called the Beam School of Aviation, they advertised land and water instruction using Thomas Model E planes. That winter they trained from the ice of Lake Mercer, and Monte Rolfe was added to the staff as an instructor.
Brock remained there until May, 1918, when he left to become an instructor for the Flint Aircraft Company, Flint, Michigan. Layer that year he was a civilian instructor for the U.S. Signal Corps, Aviation Section, at Park Field, Millington, Tennessee. During 1918 he was transferred to Newport News, Virginia. 
After leaving the service in December, 1918, Brock returned to the Beam School of Aviation at Celina, Ohio, and there in May, 1919, he obtained Army and Navy Flying License No. 511. That spring he started barnstorming with a wing walker and parachute jumper, continuing through the summer season. Late that fall he was with the Kentucky Aeroplane and Supply Company of Louisville, Kentucky, remaining for the winter.
In the spring 1920, Brock started barnstorming again with wing walker Phil Ringel, and later teamed up with C.J. Faulker flying second machine to develop a plane-charging act by Ringel.
These operations continued in 1921, then in 1922 Brock and Faulker started dropping fireworks that exploded in midair after release. While doing this at Denver, Colorado, the explosion occurred prematurely; parts of Brock's plane were blown off and he lost some of his clothing, but landed the disabled plane without crashing.
Following this, Brock and Faulker split up and in 1932 Brock hired Miss Lillian Boyer as wing walker. He also added an automobile race act and toured the country for some time. He later discontinued his troupe and joined the Gates Flying Circus. While with Gates as a wing walker, Frank Walker lost his hold on Brock's plane at New Orleans, Louisiana, and fell to his death. This upset Brock so that he permanently gave up the circus and barnstorming.

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