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He installed a 50 H.P. Gnome rotary engine in this plane for some additional experiments. 
During this period the Crawford family moved to South Tacoma, then later to Puyallup, Washington where, with the help of his father and brother, he built a second airplane during the winter months of 1910-1911. This was a modified Curtiss-type biplane with a 50 H.P. Call aircraft engine, having horizontal opposed cylinders. This "first made in Washington" airplane, called the Crawford was ready for first flight tests at Lakeview, near Tacoma, on January 21st, 1911 and was quite successful from the start. A sizable crowd of local spectators was thrilled by the success of the young home-town aviator and his locally built plane. He continued to fly and experiment with this plane through the summer of 1911 but was plagued by engine troubles, although he did succeed in gaining some flying experience. 

In the fall of 1911 Crawford took his plane and moved all operations to Los Angeles, California, where later he entered the amateur events of the 1912 Los Angeles Meet at Dominguez Field January 20th to 25th 1912, by that time he had installed a 6-cylinder 2-cycle water-cooled Emperson aircraft engine. Competing with most of the west-coast junior airmen Crawford made a notable showing, flying every day, and winning First Prize for duration in the amateur events with a flight of 2 hours, 20 minutes. After the meet he continued to practice at Los Angeles. In February he was shaken up in a bad landing with a dead engine. On March 10th Crawford and Frank Stites flew at the Orange Show  at San Bernardino, California under the management of the Eaton Brothers. During that event Crawford had a smashup and sustained minor bruises.

That summer Crawford continued his flying and aviation experiments. Plagued by engine troubles, he finally installed a 60 H.P. Hall-Scott engine that enabled him to really get flying. In late September he contracted to make daily 20-minute flights at his home-town Puyallup Valley Fair. During this event he organized the Crawford Brothers Puget Sound Aerial Mail,