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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 personal injuries.

Eels continued the 1910 season with the Kirkham-Eells machine but in January, 1911 Kirkham [[strikethrough]] announced his first aircraft engines, [[/strikethrough]] abandoned the plane venture and went into the aviation engine business by himself. [[strikethrough]] Early that year [[/strikethrough]] Eells then became associated with the Rieflin Bros. of Rochester, New York to form the Rieflin Headless Aeroplane Company. [[strikethrough]] there. [[/strikethrough]] A headless (without a front elevator) Curtiss-type biplane was built, using a 4 cylinder 50 H.P. Wells & Adams aircraft engine built in Bath, New York. This plane was flying about mid-year and Eels made a number of successful flights with it during the remainder of the season, on occasion flying over the city taking aerial photos [[strikethrough]] of the town, using [[/strikethrough]] a camera attached [[strikethrough]] to the plane [[/strikethrough]] near his seat. He had also carried a number of passengers.

[[strikethrough]] There is evidence that [[/strikethrough]] 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. [[strikethrough]] Now [[/strikethrough]] Called the Wells Hydro it still used the Wells & Adams engine. On June 27th Eells made a 73-mile flight there with this plane in 1 hour, 23 minutes, but was forced down when he ran out of fuel. Later in 1912 he started flying exhibitions and [[insert]] he flew at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on October 3d and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania October 12th [[strikethrough]] where he made [[insert]] including several flights over the [[strikethrough]] 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 Conasus Lake with a Thomas biplane hydro [[strikethrough]] and [[insert]] with 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. [[Strikethrough]] In addition to operating the school, Eells also did some exhibition work with the company. [[Insert]] 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