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Team at the famed Chicago Meet at Grant Park August 12th to 20th. There he made his aerial debut, winning several places in the events. During the meet Brookins decided to leave to leave the Wright Company. [[strikethrough]]and [[strikethrough]] Drew induced him to return to St. Louis with him and join the Pioneer group. By August 30th they had procured a Wright plane and both started flying at Kinloch field, doing passenger carrying, and some exhibitions in the [[strikethough]] surrounding[[strikethrough]] vicinity, [[strikethrough]] and [strikethrough]] while Brookins began to teach Max Lillie and a class of students. Drew flew in the local meet at Kinloch October 14th to 21st and also filled several exhibition engagements [[strikethrough]] that fall [[strikethrough]] before winter set in. 
As the season closed, Lillie bought out the Pioneer venture, Drew went to Chicago as the Manager of the American Aeroplane Manufacturing Company, and Brookins went east with the Burgess Company. When the flying season opened at Cicero in the spring of 1912 Drew was appointed Field Manager and flew in the opening day events there on May 30th. He continued flying actively all summer, having opportunities to use several types of planes on the field during the season. He also assisted as instructor at times for Max Lillie who had started to operate a flying school. In late October he finished his term of office as Field Manager and jointed the Lillie School as instructor.
As the school went south for the winter, it stopped at Kinloch where Drew continued to train students until mid-December, then they shipped their equipment to the government flying field at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. There flight instruction got under way on January 4th, 1913 and Drew was busy teaching and giving flight exhibitions through January and February. During February he also did some flying for a movie. March 1st he went to Mexico City to get a story about the Huerta Revolution for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. He was back in Texas by the latter part of the month and remained until the Lillie School returned to Cicero at the end of April.
In early May, Drew left the Lillie group to become pilot-instructor for the new Shaffer-Brabazon Company of Lima, Ohio, which had been formed to operate a flight school, carry passengers, and engage in exhibitions. A flying field with hangar was established north of the city, and flying operations started, using the [[strikethrough]] Wright. [strikethrough]]