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The Plane was a Wright, model B, biplane of the pusher type; two propellers in the rear were chain driven by one four cylinder motor. It had a cruising speed of about sixty miles per hour. It was of course not a cabin plane. The aviator sat beside the motor on a little canvas seat with his feet dangling down. As a matter of fact the only things between him and Mother Earth were the soles of his shoes and the seat of his pants. The under side of the [?] wings form in large letters, the words "Vin Fiz"

Cal was a tall raw-boned six-footer, about thirty years old, deaf from the roar of his motor; energetic and restless but even tempered (normally) and good-natured. His consuming passion [[strikethrough]]though[[/strikethrough]]