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there. While trying for this Eells had a smashup, but was not injured. By the 21st he had the plane repaired and was flying again, but on October 22d he had another smashup damaging his plane and sustaining injuries.

Eells continued the 1910 season with the Kirkman-Ells machine but in January, 1911 Kirkman announced his first aircraft engine, abandoned the plane venture an went into the aviation engine business himself. Early that year Eells became associated with the Rieflin Bros. of Rochester, New York to form the Rieflin Headless Aeroplane Company there. A headless Curtiss-type biplane was built, using a 4 cylinder 50 H.P Eelss and Adams aircraft engine built in Bath, New York. This plane was flying about mid-year and Eells made a number of successful flights with it during the remainder of the season, on occasion flying over the city taking serial photos of the town, using a camera attached to the plane near his seat. He had also carried a number of passengers.

There is evidence that the Rieflin brothers dropped out of the venture after that season, but EElls remained in Rochester during the early part of 1912 flying this plane on floats at Irondequit Bay. Now called the Eells Hydro it still used the Eells and Adams engine. On June 27th Eells made a 73-mile flight there with this plane in 1 hour, 23 minutes, but was also forced down when he ran out of fuel. Later in 1912 he started flying exhibitions and flew at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on October 3rd and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania October 12 where he made several flights over the old battlefields

In early 1913 Eells became associated with the Thomas Brothers at Bath, New York on flight test, instruction and exhibition flying activities. A water flying school was started at Conesus Lake with a Thomas biplane hydro and Eells was in charge as Chief Instructor. There he also did some of the initial flight testing of the new Thomas flying boat intended for the Great Lakes Cruise Contest. 

In addition to operating the school Eells also did some exhibition work for the company. He made flights at Glen Haven, New York the last two weeks of July with Walter Johnson and Charles Hermann, then flew a Thomas hydro alone for one