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activity continued through the summer months, during which time Kantner carried many notable passengers and demonstrated the plane before military officials of both United States and foreign governments. That summer a similar plane was built and delivered to Blair That for sport use. About October Kantner left Huntington and went to Italy where he became an instructor for hte Italian Ministry of marine at Taranto. Also instructing there at that time were U.S. aviators J. Langing Callan and Charles Fay. Kantner remained in Italy about one year then returned to the United States in the fall of 1916.
Over the winter months of 1916-1917 Kantner was an instructor on Flying Boats at the Curtiss School in Miami, Florida. During 1917 he instructed the 12 man Yale Unit No. 2 at Buffalo, New York. On July 23rd he flew a Curtiss HS-1 Flying boat from Buffalo, New York to Detroit, Michigan, via Toledo, Ohio, carrying Wallace Buch as passenger. The return flight to Buffalo was made the next day. By late October Kantner's Aerial coast Patrol Unit had passed all their qualification tests at Buffalo.
In 1918 Kantner joined Continental Motors Corp., Detroit, Michigan, where he ramined until 1922. While there he did some instructing and designed and built a Flying Boat for Corporation President R.W. Judson, also doing considerable business flying for the Corporation. Following this Kantner returned to Long Island where he became Assistant Engineer on design and constructiono of Fairehild Aeroplanes. While there he also designed a successful outboard hydroplane which won the Albany-new York Race in 1927. In 1929 he designed an ingenious pontoon and 4-wheel retractable amphibious landing gear arrangement for Aeromarine-Klemm, which featured the wheels disappearing into the pontoons in flight. Following this he was design Engineer with Hall Aluminum Aircraft Co. for a time, then invented some special equipment for the tire industry. After this Kantner moved west and joined Consolidated Vultee. Remaining inthe west until his retirement, he now resides in San Diego, California. 
Early bird, Flying Pioneer Harold d. Kantner devoted most of his lifetime to aviation and great credit is justly due him for his many valued contributions
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