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automobile engine weighing approximately 500 pounds, and was of no use to him. He therefore decided to abandon the Walden I and started to work on Walden II. By late May it was ready for ground tests, and after considerable grass cutting he was convinced it needed more wing area. Two additional feet were added on each side, but before it could be tested it was completely wrecked in a windstorm when he left it outside overnight. These first tow planes had one usual feature, the engine was mounted a a pendulum on a swinging arm which was devised to automatically control the lateral balance of the plane. 

During this time the Society had purchased an airplane from Curtiss, which was delivered on June 16, 1909. On June 26th the Society held an air meet to display the planes built by [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] its members, and at this meet Walden saw Glen Curtiss made a short hop around a portion of Morris Park Race Track. Later, on August 2nd, he watched as Henri Farman made the first real flight ever made on long Island. These two events definitely settled Walden's determination to remain in aviation.

With renewed interest Walden Started plans for a third machine. He became so interested in aviation that he hired another dentist to care for his office practice, limiting his professional services to those who insisted upon seeing Dr. Walden. In his first two attempts Walden had gained considerable experience and learned some basic facts. For his next plane he decided on a smaller, less complicated design and reasoned that a monplane was the best way to attain this objective. He was also determined to get a lightweight aircraft engine of know capabilities. Hearing of Bleriot's flying success in Europe, Walden ordered a 3-cylinder, 25-30 h.p. [[strikethrough]] , [[/strikethrough]] Anzani engine [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] similar to that used by Bleriot, and started the Walden III. The wing was designed so that additional panels could be added if initial tests proved the need for more area. In order to avoid the Wright patents, Walden devised ingenious "ear shaped" flaps above each wing tip to operate automatically without manual control. These later operated satisfactorily in practice and were used for some time. With the aid

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