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ment at Redding, California, Bryant flying his Curtiss machine and Francis his Gage biplane. On February 4th, Bryant and Francis flew at a land-and-air show at Fresno, California, where Bryant had a minor smashup when he stalled out at 20 feet and landed hard. On the eleventh of February they flew at Tulare, California, before huge crowds. These engagements were part of an exhibition tour through a number of California towns. 

In March both men were back at San Fransisco where they arranged to have two identical new twin-tractor biplanes built, the parts to be made by the Patterson Aeroplane Company. Reportedly this plane was designed by Bryant, assisted by Prof. Lowe of the Mount Hamilton Observatory. Shortly after this they started out on another exhibition tour of several towns in California and Nevada. On the Fourth of July they flew at Goldfield, Nevada, apparently now under the management of T. J. McTarnahan. Goldfield was 5,000 feet above sea level and the miners there were so skeptical about actual flying that in order to get the contract McTarnahan had to agree to be ridden out of the town on a rail if his aviators failed to fly. To the amazement of the crowds, they flew successfully. The only other flights made in Nevada before that time were made by Eugene Ely at Reno. 

Following this, Bryant and Francis returned to California where, between dates, they managed to assemble their new twin-tractor biplanes. They began flying them at once. Bryant then sold his Curtiss biplane to Silas Christofferson, which started him in the aviation business. There new twin-tractor machines had a span of 38 feet, Farman-type ailerons, and landing gear with four wheels and long skids. The 8-cylinder, 60 [[strikethrough]]H.P.[[/strikethrough]] Hall-Scott engine was ahead of the pilot, driving two large tractor propellers by chain transmission. Tail surfaces were supported on outriggers and the finished plane weighed 1,100 pounds empty. These airplanes proved to be exceptionally safe and reliable, with good load-carrying and climb capabilities. 

Their first exhibition dates with these new machines were at Monterey and Santa Cruz. On July 27th they flew from Santa Cruz to Watsonville for a date there, then to Salinas where on August 3, they flew an exhibition date.  Following this, Bryant and Francis went back to Sunset Field where they were busy carrying passengers, including a local news

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