Word: menasco
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...wings which sweep back to tapering tips on which are mounted vertical rudder fins. The ailerons are so rigged that they also serve as elevators, thus simplifying control. The chunky two-place cabin has windows of a flexible fireproof fibre known as plastacelle. Like the Hammond, it has a Menasco motor and pusher propeller at the rear, a third wheel in front. Because this wheel is hooked up with the rudder, the plane may be steered on the ground like an automobile, a decided advantage when taxiing in a crosswind...
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