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People on the outside saw only the machine when it was high in the air.

Hits the Fence.

In making his first landing in front of the grandstand at North Yakima Sunday the machine crashed into the fence and crushed his elevator. This necessitated a delay of approximately an hour before he could make his second and third flights, but as the waiting crowd could see the work on the machine there was no impatience shown. Wiseman has a name of endeavoring to the utmost to satisfy the crowds and to do so has braved 40-mile winds and has braved gusty winds, which are far more dangerous than a strong, steady wind.

Fred J. Wiseman, the famous aviator, says that aviation as a science is only in its infancy. "My whole aim is to improve it and make it useful. I hardly think there will be a time soon when they will be of commercial value, but I do think they will be useful before long. I mean that the men of big affairs will own them, and when business matters are pressing will get them out and rush to nearby cities on urgent business. We are aiming to get down to basic principles in aviation so that we can say that two and two equal four with some certainty and that it will not equal three or five infinity to the zero quantity."

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