Today i installed the tail to the frame of plane. I used wire to suspend and it worked easily. I also started to make the engine. There were 2 planes that flew at Rose city. One was an 8 cylinder craft that had won the international air race in France the previous year . The second plane was a four cylinder which was purchase by a man named Wemme who had started a company called White Stagg. He was an older gentlemen who was enchanted with new inventions. He purchased the first car in Oregon and established the first auto dealership in the state. Since he could not fly himself he asked a young mechanic named Eugene Ely to learn to fly his newly purchased contraption. Eugene replied "Sure it must be like Driving a car" little did he realize what he was getting into. He quickly crashed the plane b ut felt bad and purchased it from Mr. Wemme. He then repaired it learned how to fly and became part of Curtis's flying circus. Within 2 months he became the first man to fly off of a ship land back on it. But this was dangerous business and within the year he had crashed and killed himself.
The motor is first built out paper and then folded to shape the block. Then it is transfered in to brass.
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