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Science Monitor 
Daily Newspaper
[[illegible]]ber 19, 1934—Vol. XXVII, No. 20
Mechanical Dodo Spreads Ancient Wings
 
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Early Wright Plane Soars Anew
Top: Study in Contrasts. Wright Model 13, Made in 1911, Beside Modern Transport. Bottom: Marshall E. Reid, Philadelphia, at Controls of Wright Plane to Be Exhibited at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
Top: Ledger Photo Service. Bottom: Wide-World   
The Christian Science Monitor

Old Wright Plane Flies Again After 22-Year Grounding
No. 13 Shakes Off Dust to Take the Air Again at Camden, N. J., Field
Special to The Christian Science Monitor
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18—Rising as lightly as a giant dragonfly, the Wright brothers plane No. 13, one of the oldest in existence, took the air again at Central Airport, Camden, N. J., yesterday, 22 years after its first flight and 31 years to the day from the first successful power-propelled airplane flight ever achieved by man.

Marshall Reid, one of the earliest aviation enthusiasts of this city, who formerly owned a Wright plane of the same model as No. 13, piloted the plane for the anniversary flight, flying it several hundred yards in two ascents. In landing, the second time a severe cross-wind struck the ship from one side and caused a slight damage to the left wing, but the plane was brought to a stop without further hurt.

Constructed in 1911, No. 13 was purchased by Glover C. Bergdoll in 1912 and flown by him here. It has been stored in the garage back of his home here since then, and last year was presented to the Franklin Institute by Mr. Bergdoll. When removed from storage the plane was found to have been damaged by souvenir hunters, so that the wings had to be totally recovered. It has been reconditioned throughout, and this flight was to test its airworthiness before it is housed in the Franklin Institute as a permanent exhibition.

The little plane is of 26 horsepower, and was capable of a speed of about 45 miles an hour. It is water-cooled and dual-controlled. The two seats for the pilots in the center front between the two wings are flat and unencumbered by any safety devices to keep the pilot from catapulting himself in front of the machine in case of sudden stop. The feet of the pilot rest on a little wooden crossbar which controls the wing lifts, very much like a flexible-flyer sled is directed.

A dramatic contrast was presented by the little plane No. 13, which during its lifetime has witnessed almost the entire development of aviation, when it pushed up in front of the newest transport plane just in from California. A sister ship to the one in which Captain Rickenbacker recently made his record breaking flight across the continent, the transport plane has two motors of 710 horsepower each and is capable of a speed of three miles a minute, with a cruising speed of two miles a minute.


AMERICA'S FIRST AIR SHOW - 1910
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The stands were packed awestruck Souther Californians at America's first air show at Dominquez Field in 1910. The air was filled with weird machines, the newest things in aviation, as the above photo illustrates. Hollywood became a part of Los Angeles the year of the air show. The file capital then had 4000 population. Many residents will remember this air show.
Apr 22


WHEN THE L.A. RIVER WAS A TORRENT
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Nearly everyone recalls the terrific storms of January and February, 1914, the greates in the history of Los Angeles. Damage ran into the millions of [[illegible]] or out of the city for a week. The Los Angeles River was, for once, a foaming torrent, as the above photo illustrates. Note the house which fell into the flood and debris floating down the wild stream.
May 2-31


Women in Formation Flight
Until "Just Now" 
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Commanded by Col. Florence Lowe Barnes, six members of the Women's Air Reserve as shown above just before they left Union Air terminal for formation flight to Cleveland where national air races were staged. Flight was made through co-operation of Gilmore Oil company.


SHOWS CRACKS IN STEEL
NEW YORK, Jan, 31.(AP) A new white iron salt made to sprinkle on airplanes was described to the Institute of Aeronautical Science annual meeting here today.
The metallic salt reveals cracks in steel otherwise invisible and forestalls the air disasters due to crack-up or "failure" of engine and other arts during flight.
Alfred V. De Forest, New York engineer, invented the salt.
He spread out steel airplane parts which appeared to be perfect places of metal. He shook his white salt over a piece and tapped it lightly. 
Here and there the metallic salt gathered in fine lines, resembling scratches. The lines were cracks in the steel.
Mr. De Forest explained that the salt gathers to show the cracks after the metal has been magnetized. The salt is finely ground pieces of iron, their shapes flat. They are coated with zinc oxide and talc powder to make them visible and to slip easily.


AIR RECORD BROKEN
LINCOLN (Neb) Jan. 2. (AP) 
Flying at an average speed of 221 miles an hour, a new Boeing transport airplane arrived here today from Cheyenne, Wyo., thirty-six minutes ahead of schedule, a record for the 427-mile flight, United Air Lines official said.


DR. JUNKERS, BUILDER OF PLANES, DIES
Pioneer in Manufacture of Metal Aircraft Succumbs on His Birthday
DESSAU (Germany) Feb. 3. (AP)
Dr. Hugo Junkers, airplane and engine manufacturer, died at Munich on his seventy-sixth birthday today. He had undergone an operation.
An early pioneer in building all-metal airplanes, some of which established records for endurance and over difficult transoceanic courses, Prof. Junker's recent enterprises were the "flying dining car" and "flying furniture van," as the enormous new machines from Dessau Junkers plant are popularly called.
Prof. Junkers would have celebrated tomorrow the twenty-fifth anniversary of the day when he was granted a patent on his first metal airplane.
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Dr. Hugo Junkers 

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