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for the movies and carried on some instructing.  That season he was also a founder member of the newly formed Northwest Aero Club. 
  About that time William E. Boeing approached Munter concerning the possibility of his helping Boeing to build some planes.  Munter agreed, but said he would first have to finish his season's exhibition contracts.  Boeing planned to build two planes with Hall-Scott engines, then went to Los Angeles where he learned to fly at the Glenn Martin school.  While there Boeing purchased a Martin Model TT hydro biplane which was delivered to Seattle in late October.  It was assembled at Lake Washington by Martin pilot Floyd Smith, who then made several check flights of the plane with Munter.  Following this Munter and Boeing used the Martin machine some that fall and made a few trips with it to neighboring towns.  
  At that time Boeing had his first two planes under construction and the first one was ready to fly in June, 1916, with Munter making the initial flight tests.  He flew his tests for a pilot license on August 16th and obtained F.A.I. Certificate No. 559 on August 23d.  He remained with Boeing through World War I during which time he served as chief test and demonstration pilot of the several early model Boeing planes, and his skill and ability were of material assistance in getting approval of and first military orders for these
planes at Pensacola, Florida, Hampton Toads, Virginia, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio and San Diego, California.  These early first diligent efforts enabled Boeing to obtain his first orders for planes and get a start in the aircraft business.
  In 1919 Munter left Boeing to form the Aerial Tours Company of Seattle.  In 1935 he founded and became President of the Aircraft Charter Service, Ketchikan, Alaska, where he remained until World War II, when from 1942 to 1946 he was a Commander and Staff Operations Officer, United States Naval Air Transport Service. 
  In 1946 he became Vice-President of West Coast Air Lines where he remained until retirement in 1958.  He then settled in Walnut Creek, California where after a long illness he passed away at Pleasant Hill Convalescent Home on May 24th, 1970 at age 76.  He was survived by his wife and a daughter.  
  Hunter was one of the founder members of Early Birds in 1929, also the  

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