Word: alaskanâ
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...Wilkins had planned to lead three monoplanes into the north?two triple-engined Fokkers and a single-motored Liberty. One of the Fokkers was burned up in January during its final tests at the Ford experimental field near Detroit. The other Fokker (the Detroiter) and the Liberty plane?dubbed Alaskan???had reached Fairbanks safely. Snowplows and road-rollers had labored for days ironing out a take-off and landing field in the wrinkled snow-carpet covering Fairbanks. But the day of the first attempted flights, Reporter Hutchinson of the North American Newspaper Alliance was killed by a whirling propeller (TIME...
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