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and a water plane for the Milwaukee firm, using Roberts 6 cyl. motors. They were being assembled in January and February at McKinley Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In June Stadlman was back in Chicago with Harry Powers flying a Curtiss-type, formerly owned by P. C. Davis, on floats at the Clarendon Beach Hydro Station. This plane was equipped with a Hall-Scott engine and they were carrying passengers. Powers made the first water flight of the season there, carrying Stadlman as a passenger, from the Hydro Station to the mouth of the Chicago River and return. For some time Powers continued making daily flights with Stadlman as his mechanic.

During the winter of 1913-1914 The Howell Aviation Company was formed at Chicago. Incorporators were Leroy Howell, J. E. Roth, Stadlman and Harry Powers. There Stadlman designed and built a new flying boat that winter. It was a short hull, pusher biplane using tail outriggers with side-by-side seating and a Hall-Scott engine. About March 1st they petitioned the Evanston City Council to operate a flying boat air line along the lake front for the summer, from Evanston to the South Shore Country Club, with stops at Chicago Beach, Grant Park and Wilson Avenue. Powers was to fly the craft. The plane was completed in April and operations began in May. On June 7th Stadlman had a smashup while flying this plane over the lake off Lincoln Park, but aside from a thorough ducking he was not hurt except for a few cuts. He had installed tubes in the step of the hull to assist in a quicker take-off and wanted to make a test hop to see if this had made any improvement. The machine planed quickly and took off after an unusually short run, and after flying over the lake for a considerable distance he misjudged his height above the water in landing and overturned, wrecking the plane. The accident occurred in view of throngs of people on the North Shore beaches. Seeing the crash Jack Vilas immediately went to Stadlman's aid in his Curtiss Flying Boat, carrying C. M. Vought as a passenger. Stadlman was removed from the wreckage and taken