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...Louis" prize of $500 fell to "Casey " Jones of Mineola who flew from Mineola, L. I. The race for the Liberty Engine builders' trophy fell to the Army, which carried off all the cash prizes (amounting to $1,500), Lt. C. McMullen coming in first in a Fokker engined plane. Other events tested general efficiency and commercial value as well as speed. An average of 50,000 spectators visited the field each day, and military attachés of foreign governments, army and navy officers, congressmen, government officials flocked...
...Anthony Fokker, famous Dutch designer of the Fokker planes which were so effective a weapon for the German air forces, purchased the Witteman Lewis airplane plant at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. He has sold many excellent ships to the U.S. Air Services in recent years and now plans to build commercial planes over here, in friendly competition with American manufacturers...
...whole night (between Indianapolis and Tucumcari gravestones in New Mexico) they flew with a compass as their sole guide. Crossing Arizona in the morning and flying low to get their bearings anew, they piloted their Fokker T-2 in a country of forests, ravines and canyons, treacherous air currents, and at one point flew most dangerously between the walls of a deep canyon. Yet they pronounced their flight " humdrum," and landed in perfect condition-except for hearing slightly affected by the continuous roar of the motor...
Breaking their own and all other endurance records, Lieutenants John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly landed completely exhausted after flying 36 hours and 5 minutes at Dayton, Ohio. Credit is due as much to the physical and mental endurance of these officers as to the Fokker T-2 monoplane and Liberty engine which they employed; the pilots slept only an hour apiece. Reading gauges and instruments, checking fuel consumption and compiling data kept that man busy who was relieved from alternating duty at the steering wheel...
...start toward making up this shortage. Their production was delayed by the frequent changes of plans, necessitated by new inventions and experiments. Their manufacture is now established and many of these winged ships should be on the other side before long. We must send them until the hardiest Fokker prefers staying close to the ground...