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This year he tried again with his new light airplane, an Ercoupe. At first he wanted to use frozen Lake Mendota, near Madison, for his circular runway, but the city council said no. Last fortnight he set up his apparatus on the ice of Lake Kegonsa, a safe distance from Madison. The spindle and hub were attached to a steel barrel frozen into the ice and guyed solidly. A double strand of woven nylon, 400 ft. long, led to a quick-release fixture under a wing of the airplane...
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