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October 12th, flew [[crossed-out]]in an air meet[[/crossed-out]] at Oakwood Heights, Staten Island with George Beatty, Harry B. Brown, O.E. Williams, and Ruth Law.

In Decemeber, 1912 the Horak Company discontinued operations and Dyott return to England. That winter at Clapham, England, assisted by Messrs. Hewlett and Blondeau. he designed and built a 29-foot-span monoplane, powered by a 50 h.p. Gnome engine. He [[cross-out]] then [[/crossed-out]] returned to the United States with this [[crossed-out]]new[[/crossed-out]] plane and occupied Hangar No. 20 at the Hempstead Flying Field in late May, 1913, flying actively there through June and July. At that time he was also engaged in overhauling a Nieuport monoplane owned by the Aero Club of America. 

Dyott flew in a Fourth of July [[crossed-out]]flying[[/crossed-out]] show at Hempstead with Bonney, Gilpatri[[cut-off]] Hild, Kantnor and Kimerlee. On July 31st he flew from Hempstead to Brighton Beach for an exhibition, then returned to Hempstead. Early in August he flew from Hempstead to Bradley Beach, New Jersey for exhibition flights, then on to Belmar, New Jersey, where he flew at the Shark River Carnival. Following this he flew at Asbury Park,  New Jersey [[crossed-out]]for a time[[/crossed-out]] as a resort attraction. 

In late September Dyott returned to England with his machine and was entered in an air race from Hendon to Brighton and return on November 8th. Flying off course after losing his way, Dyott landed at Beachy Head to get his bearings and overturned in landing, damaging the plane and putting him out of the race. During the winter of 1913-1914 he was chief test pilot for the British Nieuport Company, then later that spring [[crossed-out]]he[[/crossed-out]] went to France, where he acted as test pilot and also an instructor at the French Nieuport Flying School. 

Dyott evidently remained in Europe through 1914-1916 at schools, [[crossed-out]]and[[/crossed-out]] doing test work in England and France, and was in charge of the Nieuport Flying School in England during World War I.[[crossed-out]]as[[/crossed-out]] He had become a British subject to serve in the Royal Naval Air Force. 

After the war Dyott returned to the United States and settled at Merrick, Long Island, New York, where he made his home for some time. There he married and had three sons. Later he became an active explorer in the jungles of Africa and South America and brought back animals for the Bronx Zoo. He then turned to writing books of these adventures, [[crossed-out]]which were published[[/crossed-out]]. There was also a motion picture [[cut off]] motion pictures [?][[/cut off]]

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At the bottom of the page, the words are cut off. I saw another transcript that noted it as such. Also I guessed the cut off word was pictures noted by a [?]