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[[stamp, left margin]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/stamp, left margin]]

was in Cadillac, Michigan at a Fair.
   Carlstrom flew exhibitions for Kirkham again in 1914 through the mid-west and was at Coldwater, Michigan on July 4th, and at Mount Sterling, Illinois for one week beginning August 15th. That year he became a very proficient pilot and Glenn Curtiss began to take notice of his work.
   When the Curtiss-Toronto school was started in the spring of 1915 Carlstrom became an instructor there on land machines. This rapidly became a large school, training Canadian Air Cadets for World War I. Operations started on June 22d and instructing also were T. C. Macaulay, Victor Vernon, J. G. Gilpatric, Tony Jannus and S. S. Pierce. A large number of students were trained that year and later Steve McGordon and Bert Acosta were added to the staff of instructors. At the end of October the school closed for the winter, then on November 26th Carlstrom started the first of his notable cross-country record flights.
   Flying a new Curtiss Model R plane, with a new 160 H.P. Curtiss engine, he intended to fly non-stop to New York City, however he landed at Binghamton, New York where he spent the night, then went on to New York, flew over Manhattan and landed at Fort Lee, New York, completing a 600 mile flight in 6 hours, 40 minutes flying time. Carlstrom received much publicity for the flight and was later given the Aero Club of America Medal of Merit for one of the outstanding aviation achivements of the year.
   In December, 1915 Carlstrom started as an instructor at the newly formed Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station at Newport News, Virginia. This was a new Curtiss school, managed by Captain T. S. Baldwin. There Carlstrom and Acosta were land instructors, with Walter Lees and Victor Vernon on water machines, training United States and Canadian students.
In late March, 1916 Carlstrom made a series of demonstration flights of Curtiss planes for Russian Purchasing Commission representatives at Newport News. On April 19th he set a new American altitude record for two passengers of 11,000 feet. On the 24th he conducted the initial flight tests of the new twin-engine JN-5 Curtiss plane, using two OXX-2, 100 H.P. Curtiss engines, and later that month conducted flight tests on the new Curtiss "Baby" tractor biplane. It had 20 foot span and
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