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Gilpatric had a minor smashup there in January, but was not injured. On January 29, 1913, he flew in the Los Angeles meet with Fred DeKor, Floyd Smith, Early Daugherty, Knox Martin and Frank Bryant, and did exceedingly well, having entered all contests. At that time Sloane had also imported a small French-built Caudron single-seat monoplane with a 6-cylinder Anzani engine, and both Gilpatric and Bonney were flying it in exhibitions. The Sloane School had a sizable class of students, and Bonney and Gilpatric were busy with instruction. They also put on weekend exhibitions to promote interest. Gilpatric flew an exhibition at Fairfax Park, Los Angeles, on March 2nd and carried passengers over Los Angeles for more than two hours. He flew in a 3-day local meet at Dominguez April 18th to 20th. 

That spring the school moved back to Long Island after graduating several students, and they were flying at Hempstead about June 1st. Gilpatric flew in a special Fourth of July show there with Dyott, Kantner, Hild, Bonney, and Kimerele. The Sloane school was active again that summer and fall and Gilpatric graduated four students in September. On October 13th he was in a competition in the Round-Manhattan Race with Charles Niles, Tony Jannus, C.M. Wood and William Luckey. The race was sponsored by the Aeronautical Society; Luckey won the event and Gilpatric came in fourth. Bonney left Sloane that year and Gilpatric was then chief pilot and instructor for the firm. 

THe school closed that winter but opened again in late April, 1914. On April 14th Gilpatric was arrested as he landed in Central Park, New York City, when an oil leak forced him down while flying over the city. As a result, the Aero Club revoked his flying license for a period due to an infraction of rules. That spring the Sloane Company brought out a new flying boat and Gilpatric conducted the flight tests, then an announcement was made that water-flying instruction would be given at Larchmont, New York with Gilpatric as instructor. On May 11th Gilpatric successfully landed a plane on two tight wires at Hempstead to test a possible shipboard landing device invented by James T. Amiss of Baton Rouge, Louisiana