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the U.S. Court of Claims.

    In April, 1912, the Christmas Aeroplane Company exhibited a new large 40-foot span, headless (no frontal elevator) pusher biplne at the New York Aero Show held in Grand Central Palace.  It had swept-back wings, was designed to carry three persons and had a Farman-type four-wheel landing gear.  The show model was powered by a 7-cylinder, 50 [[strikethrough]] horsepower [[/strikethrough]] h.p. Gyro rotary engnine, but the airplane was later flown at Mineola, Long Island, with a 6-cylinder, 75 [[strikethrough]] horsepower [[/strikethrough]] h.p. Roberts engine by both Christmas and C. O. Hadley.
    Reportedly, Christmas did more flying at College Park in 1913, and had given up his medical practice to devote full time to aviation.
    As World War I was approaching, Christmas moved to New York where he joined a group of wealthy businessmen to promote aviation ventures; he became somewhat of an advisory head of the organization. One of their moves was to purchase the Continental Aircraft Corporation from the owner, Louis L. Kaess. Continental had designed, built and flown a dual-control, pusher biplane military trainer, powered with a Hall-Scott engine. The airplane had been engineered by the well-known Early Bird, Vincent Burnelli. Shortly after the purchase, Christmas stopped further development of the Continental pusher and closed out the project.
    Chritmas had great plans for a new airplane he was planning to call the "Bullet." He claimed that it would be years ahead of everything in the aero world. Burnelli was not in accord but finally agreed to go ahead with it. The company name was changed to Cantilever Aero Company with an office at 1269 Broadway. Christmas headed up the venture with Alfred McCurry as General Manager and Treasurer.
    The Christmas "Bullet" was a small strutless tractor biplane with full cantilever wings, the upper wing of 28-foot span, the lower 12 feet. The wings were intentionally made very flexible, it being Christmas' idea that they would flex in flight promoting a smoother ride. The fuselage was of conventional design with a single seat and a 2-wheel landing gear. Power was by a 6-cylinder,

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