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...total of $150,000 is available, towards which Captain Wilkins has been the largest contributor. Some time between March 20 and May 1, the plane?a Fokker with three Wright whirlwind air-cooled motors?...
Seventeen planes, from a giant Fokker with three motors, upholstered pullman chairs and a baggage room, to Carrier Pigeon Planes not much bigger than dragonflies, rose from the Ford field at Dearborn, Mich., last week for a 1,900-mile trip. Edsel Ford flagged them away. He had put up a large silver trophy for the winner of this "Reliability Test." Planes were judged on the consistency of their performances. They buzzed steadily ahead, not trying for speed but just to see which could stick at it best. At Indianapolis they were met by rain, at Chicago by a cheering...
...enough to pay the $9,000,000. But, in the U. S., he will be confronted with the matter of $18,000,000 owing to the U. S, Government; and, not unlikely, awkward questions will be asked concerning the money which Rumania must raise to pay for 50 new Fokker airplanes which she recently ordered from the Fokker Aircraft Manufacturing...
...every tank brimming with gasoline, while the new boat will have a range of 2,600 mi. Incidentally, this is the greatest range ever embodied in any airplane. True, Macready and Kelly flew 2,600 mi. non-stop across the Continent and still had gas to spare in their Fokker monoplane. But their ship was stripped bare. The new seaplane, when making a single hop from San Diego to Honolulu, will carry not just gas, but a full crew of five men and powerful fighting and bombing equipment...
...Anthony Fokker, Dutch airplane constructor, arrived on the Mauretania, rosy and stout as ever, welcomed reporters. His factory at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., is firmly established and building reconnaissance planes for the Army Air Service. His Holland plant built 500 planes in one year-more than the combined output of all other American aircraft factories. Most of these 500 went to South American republics...