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Island flying his Walden III. September 23rd through October 1st he flew at the 1911 Nassau Boulevard Meet with aviators Earle Ovington, Harry Atwood, George Beatty, Eugene Ely, Claude Grahame-White, Tom Sopwith and Lts. Milling and Arnold. There he again made headlines, however he experience another smashup when, as he was attempting to land, Lt. T.D. Milling took off in a Burgess-Wright just ahead of him. Walden got in Milling's prop wash causing him to lose control and side-slip in, badly wrecking the plane, but fortunately he escaped serious injury. Following this he flew in the St. Louis Meet at Kinloch Field, Missouri, October 14th to 21st. Flying there were Howard Gill, Andrew Drew, Walter Brookins, Cliff Turpin, George Beatty, Hugh Robinson, Hillery Beachey and Horace Kearney. Walden again made a sensational showing with the only monoplane at the meet. The combination of truly outstanding flying with such a small plane by its designer-builder and self taught pilot caught on everywhere. After this meet Walden continued flying at Kinloch for a few days before returning east. The remainder of the 1911 season was spent flying exhibitions at various eastern points. 
Through 1912-1914 Walden continued his flying school, built more planes through the Model IX and kept up his flying practice. In addition, students Fitzsimmons, Olsen and Ceretti did some flying for him. In 1915 Walden did some research work on a radio controlled missle which he called "The Walden Aerial Projectile". In May, 1917 he organized the Walden-Hinners Company, with offices and factory at Edgewater, New Jersey. The firm was organized to take on Government aircraft projects, and wings and control surfaces were made through World War I.
From 1926 through 1932 he was founder and President of the Walden Aircraft Corporation, Long Island City, Long Island, formed to work on various aeronautical research projects. There he made some valuable fundamental research discoveries relating to increasing the lift of modern multi-