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...plan calls for a take-off from New York with a small load of gasoline, a first refueling over Boston, a capacity refueling (1,900-gallons) over Nova Scotia, the next near Glasgow, more in Germany, Poland, Russia, Siberia, Alaska, etc. etc. The route as planned is said to be only about 13,500 mi. (about 10,500 mi. shorter than the circumference of the earth at the equator). At an average speed of 120 m. p. h., 13,500 mi. would take about 112?...
...shove them upward from inclined planes; hence, the device of the German Dr. Hugo Junkers, which last week's despatches reported successful. He places the plane which is to fly, on the wings of a large three-motored auxiliary plane. The auxiliary leaves the ground with its load, when good flying height is attained, the top ship takes off from the auxiliary, which returns to its field. Last week the U. S. gave Dr. Junkers letters patent for his idea...
...operates two driving engines hung from the car body, and an auxiliary engine which operates lights, fans, pumps. Built experimentally by International Harvester Co.* and the Ryan Car Co., tested by the Illinois Central since last August, this locomotor easily maintains a 60 m. p. h. speed with full load...
...were, in turn, handed down in the family, sold to strangers, or new structures built in their stead. All the dwellings which were here up to last fall with the exception of the Hicks and Bridge houses, dated back some eighty or ninety years. Now as we see truck load after truck load of the precious earth rumbling off, some to the Law School, some to the site of the Dean's House at the Business School, and some to Soldiers Field, we are witnessing a great ending. The bones of the old town seen will be scattered...
Some attempt has been made to use gliders as load-bearing trailers to motored planes (TIME, March...