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23rd and 24th, and at Lincoln, Nebraska May 25th and 26th. In June Robinson and Ward exhibited at Joplin, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; then Topeka, Ottawa, and Salina, Kansas. June 24th to 26th Robinson was at Kinloch Field, St. Louis, [[strikethrough]] Missouri [[/strikethrough]] where he carried passengers, including A. B. Lambert and newspaper men. July 3rd and 4th he flew at Cairo, Illinois, then [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] at Mayfield, Kentucky on July 7th and 8th where he made six flights before huge crowds and flew over the city. From there he went to Hammondsport to fly a new hydro which he was to use extensively for the remainder of the 1911 season, becoming the first of the Curtiss exhibition pilots to do so. July 13th to 15th he was in Rochester, New York, July 20th to 22nd at Seattle, Washington, and July 29th and 30th at Vincennes, Indiana.

On August 5th Robinson was a close second in the Gimbel Brothers $5,000 race from New York to Philadelphia. Beachy was first, Ely third. The flight started from Governors Island and each pilot was required to circle the New York Gimbel's Store, fly to Trenton where they stopped for gas, then to Philadelphia and circle the Store there. Enroute they passed through a bad rainstorm and became thoroughly soaked. All three men flew standard Curtiss machines, a total distance of 82 miles. While preparing for this race Robinson flew a Curtiss for his pilot license on August 4th at the Nassau Boulevard flying field, and received License No. 42 on August 9th, 1911. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]

Beginning August 12th Robinson made daily flights in the only hydro at the famed 1911 Chicago Meet held at Grant Park and the lake front. There his consistently good work attracted much attention as he flew out over the lake, back over the Park, circled boats, landed alongside and in general demontrated [[demonstrated]] for the first time, before massive crows, the safety and useful versatility of water flying. Three planes fell in the lake during that great event and each time Robinson quickly flew out to the scene, landed and was able to make an almost immediate rescue of the pilot. His wonderful work through that event did much to promote the success of marine aviation to follow.

On August 19th Robinson flew at Winona Lake, Indiana, with his hydro, then

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