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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. 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 planes. This rapidly became a large school, training Canadian Air Cadets for World War I. Also instructing 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.

Piloting a new Curtiss Model "R" plane, with anew 160 H.P. Curtiss engine, Carlstrom intended to fly non-stop to New York City. Engine trouble forced him down at Binghamton, New York, where he spent the night. The next day he flew on to New York, 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 achievements 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 of 11,000 feet for two passengers.  On the 24th he conducted the initial flight tests of the new twin-engine JN-5 Curtiss plane, which was powered with OXX-2, 100 H.P. Curtiss engines. Later that month he conducted flight tests on the new Curtiss "Baby" tractor biplane. It had a 20 foot span and
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