26 July 1913

July 26, 1913 saw booking of the first hydroplane exhibition in the Connecticut Valley at Riverside Amusement Park in Agawam (MA). With 2 1/2 years of flying expertise at speeds in excess of an astonishing 60 mph, Nels Nelson, a Mills Exhibition Co. aviator was engaged to take off from the (Connecticut) river just in front of the park.