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feet, stopped, then bounced back out again. Atwood and Leoning were strapped in their seats, unharmed except for a real ducking. 
At that time Atwood had placed an order for a Wright [[/strikethrough]] Aeroboat, which he planned to use for passenger carrying at Toledo that season. This was delivered to him in May and he names it "AEMAIDE III". On June 1st he flew this new [[/strikethrough]] aeroboat from Toledo to Detroit, carrying W. D. Hyatt as a passenger, to give demonstrations at the Detroit Yacht Club for a few days. During his stay there he carried a number of prominent Detroit passengers then returned to Toledo carrying Wright pilot Rod Wright. That month Atwood and his wife were caught in another severe Lake Erie storm while flying the [[/strikethrough]] Aeroboat and were forced to stay on an island for safety until the following morning. Atwood evidently remained at Toledo through 1914-1915 with the Railway and Light Company assignment. 
In the early spring of 1916, Atwood started a new venture in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to manufacture both planes and engines. [[/strikethrough]] We built an experimental flying boat which was test flown on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River during June. That month the Atwood Aeronautic Company was formed, with Atwood as President, H. E. Brown, Vice President, W. F. Beeber, Treasurer and Edgard Munson, Secretary. The plane was a large span biplane with some steel construction in the hull. [[/strikethrough]] THe engine was a 12-cylinder Vee-type of 150-180. 
The coming of World War I evidently halted this venture, for in April, 1917, Atwood joined the many pioneer aviators who assisted the Government in the training of pilots for service. During that month he was placed in full charge of establishing an aviation school for the Du Point family at Wilmington, Delaware. In June he had the Du Point School of Aviation in operation on the estate of John J. Raskob at Claymont, Delaware. This appeared to be a school for all college men who wished to become aviators in the Government service. Their base of operations was on the Delaware River and both land and water flying instruction was available. Atwood was Manager of the school and apparently remained there for the duration of wartime training. He became a member of the Aero Club of America in May, 1917. After World War I, Atwood seemed to have retired from aviation and evidently returned to his native New England, where he became interested in the chemical