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Several noteworthy incidents occurred during DeRemer's instruction period and his stay on Long Island. One day in March, Beatty and DeRemer landed on the Jericho turnpike and had dinner at a motel in New Hyde Park and then took off from the roadway and returned to Nassau. On another flight they landed in Central Park, Manhattan, and were promptly arrested, but returned to Nassau the following day. He also assisted in making some moving pictures from the air. DeRemer was the main attraction when he made the valedictory flight from Nassau Flying Field as it was abandoned and received an ovation upon landing.

Meantime, his father had formed a company in Bay City to purchase a plane and after DeRemer's return from New York they went to Dayton and purchased a second-hand Model-B from the Wright Company. There DeRemer met the Wright Brothers who offered him a position as an instructor at their school, but again he declined. The plane they purchased was Model-B, No. 15, and had previously been flown by Arch Hoxsey. Since it was to be some time before the Wright Company could deliver this plane, DeRemer returned to Bay City and took a temporary position as test pilot for the Brooks Company.

After his Wright plane arrived DeRemer started flying exhibitions immediately, touring the fairs of the Middle West. He had his first minor accident on July 5th at Alpena, Michigan, but was not injured. DeRemer made formal arrangements to enter the Chicago Meet to be held September 12 - 22, 1912, and took time out to check and overhaul his plane for the occasion, with the help of two of his former fellow students from the Beatty School in New York. He was disappointedly prevented from actually getting to Chicago due to a last minute shipping difficulty on the railroads. One of his more important dates that season was a one-week engagement starting on September 20th at his own Michigan State Fair, where he was the star attraction. There he introduced an innovation when he took a photograph aloft and played records so the crowds below could hear [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] them. DeRemer had another accident at Angola, Indiana, where he was booked to fly on October 8th, 9th and 10th. In attempting to takeoff from a very small field on soft

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