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[[stamp]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/stamp]]

Day flew from Chicago to Lake Harbor, near Muskegon, Michigan, on the 9th. Storms held them there until the 14th when they flew on to Pentwater, Michigan. There they were again held up by bad weather and later decided to quit the race because they were so far behind the leader. As a result they returned to Chicago on July 22d and remained there for some time carrying social passengers and demonstrating the Aeroyacht.

During this period Tiny Broadwick again made parachute drops from Martin's plane as a part of his demonstrations. On August 4th Martin was back at Saskatoon, Canada for a second exhibition date, using the Aeroyacht with land gear. He put on a good show there and carried several passengers. Returning to Chicago he flew the Aeroyacht at a Naval Pageant at Grant Park August 16th to 24th. Sponsored by the Chicago Power Boat Association, it was a boating event with racing. Tiny Broadwick made chute drops and Martin's daily exhibitions were the high light of the entire Pageant. After this Martin and Miss Broadwick exhibited at the Perry Centennial Celebration, Buffalo, New York the first week of September. From there they flew at the Creston, Iowa Fair for one week, then returned to California.

While Martin was away the company brought out two new planes in an effort to prepare for possible military acceptance of their machines. One, called the Martin Military Scout, was a pusher biplane with tricycle gear, outrigger tail and 2-seat tandem in a short enclosed body, with Curtiss OX engine. The other, called the Martin Model T, was a 38 foot span, 2-seat tractor biplane, with Curtiss OX engine and a peculiar 4-wheel landing gear, two close together, ahead of the propeller, and two at the rear, well apart, under the wing. Obviously intended as a trainer it proved to be an excellent machine and soon took preference over the Scout model which was later dropped. On November 26th Martin set a new American altitude record with passengers by flying the new Model T tractor 9,800 feet, carrying Frank Garbutt.

Charles Day left Martin again in late 1913 to join DeLloyd Thompson on special development work. Martin continued parachute developments with Broadwick that year and made what was probably the first back-pack chute for free jumps. Called the

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