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the Navy. Entering the Naval Air Service he became U.S. Naval Aviator No. 524, and for some time was a flying boat instructor at the Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia. From there he was transferred to Chief Test Pilot at the Anacostia Air Base, Washington, D. C. Immediately after World War I he returned to Europe on Denby truck export activities. 

In 1920 Havens returned again to join Curtiss, as District Manager in charge of sales promotion activities throughout the State of New York, and the New York Aircraft Corporation was formed to aid in developing interest in the various uses of aircraft. In 1921 Havens joined his former flying colleague Charles C. Witmer to form the Airship Manufacturing Company of America in Hammondsport, New York, to Develop and manufacture all types of lighter-than-air craft and accessories. In December, 1923 Witmer resigned from the firm due to ill health, and another former Curtiss pilot, J. L. Callan, bought out Witmer's interest in the firm, at which time the name was changed to Airships, Inc., with Havens remaining as Vice President and Treasurer.

In January, 1928 Havens took a leave of absence from Airships, Inc. to act as Sales Manager for the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation of New York. In March he was a passenger and co-pilot with Lt. B. R. Dallas on the first amphibian flight from New York City to Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, flying a standard service Loening amphibian with a Liberty-12 inverted engine. The 3300 miles was covered in 32 hours, 45 minutes flying time, by way of Dayton, Ohio, Amarillo and El Paso, Texas and Tucson, Arizona.

In 1931 Havens became a Special Representative with the Vacuum Oil Company and later that year joined the Fairchild Aviation Corporation as a Factory Representative for northeastern United States. Following this Havens was the Fairchild distributor for ten years at Roosevelt field,

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