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Bird Harold Kantner, and proved to be an excellent machine from the start. It was a fine looking 36-foot span, enclosed fuselage type biplane, powered by a 7-cylinder, 80 H.P. Gyro rotary engine, and had a central skid-type landing gear. This plane was flown extensively through 1915 and demonstrated before various military and Government officials. There is evidence that a few of these plane were built and sold, but a substantial market did not materialize.

After serving for three years, Huntington resigned as Secretary and Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Aero Club of AMerica in July, 1916, to become Vice-President and Consulting Engineer of the Atlantic Aircraft Company of New York with a factory at Nutley, New Jersey. This firm had been formed by Albert Heinrich and Inglis M. Uppercu to build a large twin-engine military-type biplane [[strikethrough]] with a factor at Nutley, New Jersey [[strikethrough]]. This position did not work out and Huntington resigned from Atlantic [[strikethrough]] as[[strikethrough]] at the end of 1916. [[strikethrough]] ended [[strikethrough]]

During 1917-1919 he was Vice=President and Chief Engineer of Southern Aircraft Company, then in 1920 became President and Manager of The Huntington Motor Company. From 1926 into 1928 he was Sales Manager and Assistant Treasurer of Bellanca Aircraft Company, New Castle, Delaware, then in 1928 he formed the Huntington Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut, where he built two experimental planes intended for private flying.

He retired from aviation in 1931 and moved to Lynne, Connecticut, to make his home. There Huntington passed away on November 17, 1968, at age 83. He was survived by a sister. [[strikethrough]] He was [[strikethrough]]

A member of the Early Birds, Flying Pioneer,[[strikethrough]] Early Bird [[strikethrough]] Howard Huntington devoted the major part of his active lifetime to aviation. While not noted as a pilot, he was well known for his talented engineering and administrative ability. In this capacity he contributed much toward the early history of American aviation development.

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