There were probably instances of other aircraft visiting the area, but the next recorded flights in the area came on September 5-6, 1912. Lincoln Beachey provided the feature attraction at a Cedar Falls Homecoming Days celebration. The exhibition took place at what used to be the College Hill Golf Course. The Waterloo Courier caught the emotion of the moment when it said:

The sensational flight of Lincoln Beachey in his Curtis Airplane yesterday afternoon closed a most successful exhibition on the part of the daring aviator. He reached an altitude of 8,260 feet and thousands of people witnessed the flight to the clouds. Beachey showed perfect control of his machine in the various maneuvers and th6se who have -witnessed such things in aviation contests of national prominence declare that the people here were given an exhibition that has never been surpassed anywhere in the United States.

     Beachey's airmail flight had been accomplished only once before, which was made by Earl Ovington and authorized by the Post Office Department at an international aviation tournament in Mineola, New York on September 23, 1911. At the time, even automobiles were a novelty in the area when Beachey's flight took place. The weather was perfect that week, which allowed Beachey to make four flights each day. He even showed some humor in his exhibition by "buzzing" viewers standing on top of a three-story building, causing them to "hit the deck." The people at the exhibition referred to Beachey's plane as a "Haywire Crate." Classes were adjourned at the Teachers' College for the two days to allow the students to attend the exhibitions. There is no disputing Cedar Falls’ claim to fame as the site of this historical aviation event. The Post Office Department in Washington has confirmed: "September 5-6, 1912- Cedar Falls, Iowa from temporary station on aviation grounds, to post office, two miles, one trip, one way, each day."