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Following this flight, Silas proceeded to help Harry learn to fly with ✓ the plane at Vancouver, after which the two brothers toured the North[[strikethrough]]east[[/strikethrough]]west for the remainder of the season making exhibition flights.  In July, the brothers bought a second Curtiss-type biplane from the Paterson Aeroplane Company of San Francisco.  This was a new plane with a Hall-Scott engine.  They also fitted floats to their planes and did considerable flying from the water. That fall they enjoyed the unusual sport of hunting ducks while flying from the water at  [[right margin]] ✓[[/right margin]] Portland.  On August 19th, Silas flew his hydro over and under Portland[[right margin]] ✓[[/right margin]] Bridges in several flights up and down the Willamette River.  September 11th and 12th he flew at Livingston Montana, and on November 1st he and a  newspaper reporter [[right margin]]ital [[/right margin]]made two trips in their hydro over the vessel Osprey which had been wrecked off Marshfield, Oregon.  They viewed the wreck but could render no assistance.  While at Marshfield, Silas and Harry flew a 4-day exhibition engagement and carried passengers.  In early November, and advertisement appeared in the aviation magazines:  "Christofferson Aeroplanes - Biplanes of all types built to order, passengers carried - pupils trained, Portland, Oregon.  Silas Christofferson, [[right margin]]✓[[/right margin]] Designer and Builder." On November 19th Silas was married and the newlyweds left on an "aerial honeymoon" up the Columbia River in a hydro.  In late November the brothers mover their business to San Francisco.  There the company started in a small factory on Van Ness Avenue, and a Hydro Haven was established at [[right margin]] ✓[[/right margin]] Harbor View, on the San Francisco Marina.  On December 6th Silas started flying his hydro about the bay area carrying passengers,  including Mayor James Rolph [[right margin]] ✓[[/right margin]] of San Francisco, and new photographers.  December 23rd he made a [[strikethrough]]35[[/strikethrough]] thirty-five-minute flight over San Francisco at night with his hydro illuminated with red and green lights.  Over the heart of the city he released thousands of handbills advertising the Air Meet to open at Tanforan Race Track on Christmas Day.  Silas flew his hydro at this meet along with Lincoln Beachey, Thad Kerns, Tom  [[right margin]] ✓[[/right margin]] Gunn, Bob Fowler and Roy Francis.  The meet continued from December 26th through 30th and Silas was an active participant throughout the event. 

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