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FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE
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7 HARRY N. ATWOOD

Early Wright Pilot - Cross-Country Flyer - Instructor - Engineer 

Harry N. Atwood was born in Lynn, Massachusetts November 15, 1884. In his youth he had a boyhood chum, Lee Hammond, who was a near neighbor. They grew up and attended grade and Boston Poly Tech schools together, then Atwood went to ^[[sp out]]M. I. T. They caught the bicycle and motorcycle fever and also owned a small motor boat. Their increasing mechanical interests then turned to automobiles. [[strikethrough]]In this way[[/strikethrough]] Atwood became quite an expert on engines and cars and became a professional driver. Reportedly he did some automobile racing, and he and Hammond [[strikethrough]]conducted[[/strikethrough]] operated a garage in Swampscott, Massachusetts. 
Their interest turned to [[strikethrough]]aeroplanes[[/strikethrough]]airplanes when W. S. Burgess started his early aviation experiments in late 1909. [[strikethrough]]and then t[[strikethrough]]They really got the "flying bug" at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet held at Squantum, Massachusetts, September 3^[[r]]d to 16th, 1910. This [[strikethrough]]early gala flying event[[/strikethrough]]meet was organised by the Harvard Aeronautical Society and the contestants were[[strikethrough]]:[[/strikethrough]] U. S. aviators Walter Brookins, Ralph Johnstone, Glenn Curtiss, Charles Willard, Earl Ovington and Clifford Harmon. [[strikethrough]]and f[[/strikethrough]]Contestants from Europe were Claude Graham-White, Tom Sopwith, and A. V. Roe. ^[[It was]] [[strikethrough]]T[[/strikethrough]]there ^[[that]] Atwood and Hammond became determined to learn to fly. [[strikethrough]]and reportedly f[[/strikethrough]]Following the meet they hurriedly built a plane which was not a success. Evi-

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image: photograph of a cleanshaven man's head and shoulders, presumably Harry N. Hatwood, standing in front of the spars of a plane, with a cap on backwards.