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To get an early training program started, a flying school had been established in March at Montgomery, Alabama, and Hoxsey and A. L. Welsh arrived there as students in early April. Orville Wright was already teaching Walter Brookins, J. W. Davis and Spencer Crane, and the arrival of Hoxsey and Welsh made a total of five students. By late April Brookins was flying alone and on May 8th, Orville Wright and Welsh returned to Dayton, leaving Brookins in charge of the school. On May 26th Brookins carried Hoxsey as a passenger on several moonlight flights, among the first in history. Brookins continued the training of Hoxsey and Crane until the end of May when they broke camp and returned to Dayton.
Meanwhile, the Wrights had opened their school for the summer at Simms Station where Orville Wright had completed Welsh's training and started teaching Duval LaChapelle. When the group from Montgomery arrived in Dayton, Brookins took over as instructor and, with the assistance of Welsh, completed the training of Hoxsey and LaChapelle and immediately started teaching Johnstone and Coffyn.
A concentrated training program was carried on during the first ten days of June and over 160 instruction flights were made. On June 13th to 18th the first exhibition engagement of the new Wright student group was to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Everyone was hustling to be as ready as possible for this event. During this school period Hoxsey and Johnstone became close friends, but a rivalry was starting between them that later developed into quite a problem for the Wrights.
The Wright Company had five planes at the Indianapolis Speedway Meet, and with very little previous flying experience Brookins, Hoxsey, Welsh, Johnstone, Coffyn, and LaChapelle all made flights and put on a very successful show. Over sixty flights were made during the meet without accident. Orville Wright also made several flights carrying distinguished passengers. Hoxsey made several short flights during the event for a total of one hour and nine minutes flying time. On one flight be had been forced to make a landing outside the speedway

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