The web offered some more information about the 1910 exhibitions, and the Curtiss aircraft used by several of the dare-devil pilots (usually for $$$$).
Tom Baldwin's 1911
Red Devil was one of the derivatives of the
Herring-Curtis Model D
The photo shows the Interplane ailerons, equal span wings, and forward Horizontal Stabilator (not "headless")
Before Baldwin's exhibition in Saint Louis in September 1910, Charles Hamilton made exhibition flights up the west coast:
Los Angeles aviation meet January 1910
Phoenix fairgrounds in February 1910
Seattle Meadows Race Track from March 12th to 14th, 1910
Near Vancouver at Minoru Race Track, March 25th, 1910.
Vancouver event of March 1910, 100 years ago, is covered here:
First in the Air
Seattle event of March 1910 is covered here:
The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine
One main mystery remains about the Globe-Democrat image in initial message (top slot above): WHEN was this event shown in the G-D photo??That G-D image shows a later version, NOT the aircraft that Tom Baldwin flew on Saturday September 10th 1910 (under Eads Bridge). Globe-Democrat photo GDPS000798.jpg shows a latter version of “Red Devil” [lacking Inter-plane ailerons, less span lower wing than upper wing, lacking forward-protruding Horizontal Stabilator (headless)].
Post –Dispatch, Sunday September 11th 1910, Part 3 and 4 “News and Sporting Section” page one, shows photo taken on Saturday the 10th,
“Daring Aviator who flew yesterday for St. Louis throngs and photographs showing him in flight over Mississippi”.
That P-D photo captures the CONFIGURATION of Baldwin’s aircraft as of Saturday September 10th 1910 : then it was still a Herring-Curtiss Model D.