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this, for he refused to be separated from his family. From Houston they started for Mexico City for an engagement but before their arrival this was cancelled due to an uprising in Mexico. Returning to Texas he flew several additional exhibitions, then headed east in December to fly at Aberdeen, Mississippi, and Columbus, Georgia. There Walsh did some excellent high flying and carried authorized mail on December 12th and 13th. Here Harry Christofferson, Walsh's mechanic, left and returned to the West Coast. Starting December 22nd Walsh flew at Camp Colombia, Havana, Cuba, for six days with Lincoln Beachey and Beckwith Havens. While there he carried passengers and made flights over the city. Among his passengers was Madeline Bragdt, daughter of the owner-editor of the Havana Post, who was the first woman to fly in Cuba. He then took Mrs. Walsh for a ride, followed by Augustine Parla, their host, who later became a Curtiss aviator and Cuban Government Aviation Executive. The most notable of his fights in Cuba was one made at night by moonlight, during which the crowds watched as he flew across the moon. As he landed by the light of gasoline fires on the ground, he was given a tremendous ovation, and soldiers carried him through the audience to the President of Cuba who greeted him with great praise. The evening before leaving Cuba the three aviators were feted at a banquet and mother-of-pearl watches were presented to the men and a mother-of-pearl fan of Mrs. Walsh. 

After the meet Walsh returned to New Orleans and then went into Texas through January and February, 1912. In March, the Curtiss Company sent him to the United States Army winter flying base at Atlanta, Georgia, where he conducted acceptance flight tests on new planes being delivered to the government. April 6th and 7th he flew at Huntsville, Alabama, and then at Winchester, Virginia on April 18th. Following this the Curtiss Company sent him to College Park, Maryland, where again he conducted flight tests on a new dual control Curtiss military tractor