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...rapid glance showed General de la Vega that the 24 Ibs. of dynamite would explode in just three minutes. Pouncing, he seized the ticking bomb, swept past his expostulating orderly, dumped the dynamite into the nearest horse trough...
...said the Chief and he called a soldier, ordering him to take the bomb to the headquarters of General Augustin de la Vega, the rebel commander, and destroy it. The soldier, misunderstanding, left the bomb ticking quietly on General de la Vega's desk...
...orderly saluted. General de la Vega turned on his heel and left for a rapid tour of inspection of the defences of Juarez. Nearly an hour later he returned to his office, prepared to plunge at once into the mass of papers accumulated on his desk. The large red bomb was still there, still ticking...
...possible for a handy amateur to build a glider out of spruce or pine, wire, and fabric. Design is quite like that for a monoplane. (One popular German model amazingly resembles a Lockheed-Vega.) Wingspan may be up to 65 feet (span of a staunch commercial Ford trimotored transport). But 25 feet is more practical for beginners. The National Glider Association at Detroit will furnish blue prints. However best advice warns against amateur construction, or patching together of old motored plane parts...
...Plane: a Lockheed-Vega monoplane with a 425 horsepower Pratt & Whitney "Wasp" motor, made the trip at an average speed of 150 m.p.h...