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during the winter months, flying off the ice of nearby Lake Salubria.

In 1913 Brown resumed flying, including some exhibitions, and was busy in the shop between engagements, helping the firm develop and build new type planes. Starting August 16th he gave exhibitions in his home town of Springfield, Massachusetts, for several days. His flying was so well received that he was engaged to fly there again September 11th to 13th. That fall and through the winter months, Brown designed and built a new flying boat with an imported Austro-Daimler engine. It turned out well and in May, 1914, he took this plane to Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River to give a series of demonstrations around New York City and vicinity. Earl Beers accompanied Brown as mechanic on this assignment.

On May 12th, carrying Thomas Company business representative Fausto Rodriguez as a passenger, he flew over a major league ball game at the Polo Grounds in New York City and dropped a bouquet with a complimentary message to Manager John McGraw of the Giants. This stunt was an infraction of the Aero Club of America rules which prohibited flights over cities and public gatherings, and resulted in suspension of Brown's licence for a short time.

By late May he was kept busy carrying prominent passengers and making demonstrations, and as a result, he decided to continue in the New York area for a time. June 6th to 13th he flew at a benefit for the Army Relief Society at Governors Island, and while there conducted some flying tests of a new aerial bomb-dropping device which was the invention of J.A. Steinmetz. On June 16th he gave prominent New York sportsman-balloonist and early pioneer aviator Clifford B. Harmon a ride at Dobbs Ferry. On July 24th, Brown and Charles Fay flew at the Stamford, Connecticut, Polo Grounds.

Following this Brown flew for the movie "The Million Dollar Mystery" at Stamford. In this cast he was the "Hero" aviator who rescued actress Florence LaDadie with his flying boat as she was "drowning" in Long Island Sound. August 12th to 18th he and Charles Fay flew at Alexandria Bay, New York, on the St. Lawrence River. This was Brown's last public exhibition flying.
About this time the Thomas Brothers were making plans to move their business

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