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This encouraged them to build a complete Bleriot plane, a single-seater with a 4 cyl. 50 h.p Roberts engine. The plane was completed in June, 1911 and sold to William Haupt of Philadelphia, who on his first test hop made a 12 minute flight at Mineola, Long Island, on June 30, 1911. Haupt was a former automobile race driver who had previously learned to fly on the Wanamaker-owned Bleriot. Haupt was so pleased with this new plane he shipped it to Altoona, Pennsylvania at once for an exhibition engagement there.
     
While building this first monoplane Hild and Marshonet started to build two more planes, one for A. J. Brackett of Boston, the other for A. C.
Menges of Marion, Indiana, the latter to be equipped with a 70 h.p Gnome engine. A. V. Reyburn, of St. Louis, Missouri, then ordered a plane with a 100 h.p. Emerson engine. The plane for Brackett was given first flight tests by Haupt on July 28th. These first two planes were so successful that the new firm built and sold four more to sportsmen aviators during 1911. During that season Haupt continued to fly for the firm and on occasion Andre Houpert also did some test flying for them.

Over the winter months of 1911-1912 they kept busy and built two or three planes for spring delivery, one with a 75 h.p. Roberts engine which was sold to Z. H. Garcia, who later exported it to the Dominican Republic. In April, 1912 they announced a two-seater dual control plane to be used as a school machine. [[strikethrough]] Again they exhibited [[/strikethrough]] At the 1912 Aero Show held at Grand Central Palace May 9th to 19th [[strikethrough]] where [[/strikethrough]] they had a display. It was stated that their planes and parts were as good, or better than any French built equipment yet seen in this country. 
    
In mid-summer Hild decided he wanted to learn to fly and at Garden City, Long Island proceeded to teach himself on one of their single-seated Bleriot planes with a 4 cylinder Roberts engine. [[strikethrough]] at Garden City, Long Island. [[/strikethrough]] By early August he was flying [[strikethrough]] well [[/strikethrough]] capably and kept up active practice for the remainder of the 1912 season. On October 27th he made a half-hour cross-country flight over Westbury, Mineola and Hempstead, Long Island. He did some flying [[strikethrough]] over [[/strikethrough]] during the winter months of 1912-1913 as weather