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The Travelaire was already becoming well known. It is a conservative monoplane with fair performance. Walter Beach, the President of Travelaire, told me that they had a large volume of business scheduled for the ensuing year.
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The Ryan Aircraft Co. made the plane that Charlie Lindberg ferried over to France. We met the sister of the ship – a symphony in shining silver. Of course Lindy used up more of his cabin with gas tanks. Pretty ship eh what?
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Germany has graduated from the glider stage and has a small motor now. This queer plane is a glorified glider with a 10 HP motor in its nose. The plane is made of plywood highly varnished. It sounds like a sewing machine when buzzing overhead.
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The largest ship on the field was the huge Boeing transport. This was a trimotored biplane of exceptional lifting power. It was powered by three Wright Cyclones and accommodated 15 passengers. Eric Nelson, one of the famous group of Army round-the world flyers is Sales Manager of Boeing. We became acquainted and V.M. and I were invited with a small group to take a flight down towards Long Beach. Need I say more than that we accepted with pleasure. Eric himself was at the controls when we took off for the flight while the party lolled at ease in the luxurious seats with which the plane was fitted.
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As we left the field and headed to the south, forests of oil well derricks met our eyes in all directions. These cluster thickly in the outskirts of Los Angeles many of them being in the city limits. They are the liquid gold of California.
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Farther on the checkerwork blocks of cultivated fields indicate the farming country. We are now about 2000 feet up and cruising towards Long Beach. The engines drone a sleepy song and one could easily go to sleep if there was not so much to see.
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We wheel slowly in a huge circle after a fine glimpse of the Pacific’s blue expanse and are headed homeward. We are engrossed in watching the ribbons of road. Suddenly the staccato barck of the engines cease. What’s wrong? Then just ahead we see the long row of grandstand and the lines of planes. We are coasting in to a landing. The engine in the wing nacelle blots out part of the landing view but we soon bump to a halt.
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One morning near the end of the week, our train companion, Charles Heddon and his son call for us in their car to show us Los Angeles and its environs.
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The car is a roadster but V.M. and I get in the rumble seat and with the Heddons as guides off we go. It is an ideal day though Californians will say that it is not “unusual.” Although in mid October it is warm.
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The city parks we found to be exceptionally beautiful. The profusion of shrubs, plant life of all kinds and the trees were used effectively against the background of calm lagoons to make an unforgettable sight.
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The palm trees with their pineapple-like trunks and fronded leaves were revelations to our midwestern eyes. They were multiplied in the mirror waters until a vagrant breeze erased the duplicate.
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In one of the parks we found a movie company hard at work shooting an outdoor scene. Even the trained goose seemed to be an old trouper and know what it was all about.
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The Los Angeles people seem to be religious and go in for revivals in a big way. Amy Semple McPherson’s Angeles Temple is a huge structure round in shape and surmounted but twin radio towers
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The gardens of the Temple are a wonderful setting for the church. They are most luxuriant in all kinds of growth and although near a main street they have the ability of making you feel miles away from throngs.
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OneOne of the most interesting personalities at the Races was Mr. Heath of Heath Aircraft who I persuaded to pose beside his Heath Bullet. It was well named being streamlined to a bullet shape and painted a gleaming silver. It was the tiniest craft there and powered by a small two cylinder engine. A few minutes later Heath squeezed himself into the tiny cockpit with the aid of a mechanic and a shoe horn and took to the air. As he banked across the field at takeoff his wings were a white gleam against the bright sky. He darted hither and yon like a humming bird. of the most interesting personalities at the Races was Mr. Heath of Heath Aircraft who I persuaded to pose beside his Heath Bullet. It was well named being streamlined to a bullet shape and painted a gleaming silver. It was the tiniest craft there and powered by a small two cylinder engine.
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A few minutes later Heath squeezed himself into the tiny cockpit with the aid of a mechanic and a shoe horn and took to the air. As he banked across the field at takeoff his wings were a white gleam against the bright sky. He darted hither and yon like a humming bird.
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The Travelaire was already becoming well known. It is a conservative monoplane with fair performance. Walter Beach, the President of Travelaire, told me that they had a large volume of business scheduled for the ensuing year
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An old friend greets us. The Detroit Board of Commerce Buhl biplane had just slide over the Continental Divide and dropped into the field the night before. It seemed right nice to see the old town represented here.
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The Ryan Aircraft Co. made the plane that Charlie Lindberg ferried over to France. We met the sister of the ship – a symphony in shining silver. Of course Lindy used up more of his cabin with gas tanks. Pretty ship eh what?
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Page 25 Image 2
Germany has graduated from the glider stage and has a small motor now. This queer plane is a glorified glider with a 10 HP motor in its nose. The plane is made of plywood highly varnished. It sounds like a sewing machine when buzzing overhead.
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Page 26 Image 1
The largest ship on the field was the huge Boeing transport. This was a trimotored biplane of exceptional lifting power. It was powered by three Wright Cyclones and accommodated 15 passengers. Eric Nelson, one of the famous group of Army round-the world flyers is Sales Manager of Boeing. We became acquainted and V.M. and I were invited with a small group to take a flight down towards Long Beach. Need I say more than that we accepted with pleasure. Eric himself was at the controls when we took off for the flight while the party lolled at ease in the luxurious seats with which the plane was fitted.
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Page 27 Image 1
As we left the field and headed to the south, forests of oil well derricks met our eyes in all directions. These cluster thickly in the outskirts of Los Angeles many of them being in the city limits. They are the liquid gold of California.
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Page 27 Image 2
Farther on the checkerwork blocks of cultivated fields indicate the farming country. We are now about 2000 feet up and cruising towards Long Beach. The engines drone a sleepy song and one could easily go to sleep if there was not so much to see.
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