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November 3rd. It was not a success and he abandoned the project. During the winter of 1908 - 1909 he built his first [[strikethrough]] aeroplane [[/strikethrough]] airplane (which he called the N.Y. 1), a biplane with a 2-cycle engine of his own make, driving six small tractor propellers with a wire rope drive. It was not a success but he did advertise his engine on the market for a time. On March 27, 1909, he had a fall while gliding on Staten Island and was slightly injured. In October Kimball started a class and became instructor of aeronautics at the New York West Side Y.M.C.A. During this time he was also interested in the building of scientific kites.

In January, 1910, Kimball and Frank Boland purchased the plane Dr. William Greene had built and was flying, and took it to Rahway, New Jersey, where they started practicing with it. By March they were making small straightaway hops. This plane started Boland on the way to his famed [[strikethrough]] early [[/strikethrough]] tailless biplanes and the start of the Aeromarine Company. At this time Kimball had become a prominent speaker on aeronautics throughout the East. In October, while still teaching at the Y.M.C.A., he started to build his second biplane (the N.Y. 2). It was a tailless biplane with a single American-British 26 hp., automobile engine, driving two [[strikethrough]] chain driven [[/strikethrough]] pusher propellers by chains. This plane was built in the workshop of his close friend and colleague, Dr. Henry Walden. That summer Kimball had also started the Aeronautical Society of New Jersey.

Kimball finished work on his new plane, the N.Y. 2, during the spring of 1911 and in June started making test hops [[strikethrough]] on it [[/strikethrough]] at Belmont Park. [[strikethrough]] About this time [[/strikethrough]] He put up a new portable hanger [[strikethrough]] for himself [[/strikethrough]] of fabricated steel construction which attracted considerable attention. At this time he was also very active in the Aero Club of America and also had been elected to the Board of Directors of the Aeronautical Society. After considerable experimentation he abandoned the N.Y. 2 project.

By this time Kimball made up his mind he really wanted to learn to fly, so in January, 1912, he joined the Beatty Flying School at Mineola where George Beatty taught him to fly on a Wright Model B during the spring months of 1912. At this time he was 48 years old. He continued his flying practice, but did not take out a flying license. Following this he [[strikethrough]] maintained [[/strikethrough]] continued his aeronautical research, and during World War I was in Britain for a time as an engineer on a rigid airship project. Later he developed a bombing device that was sold to

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