Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation · New York city, Issued by the Department of education, Curtiss aeroplane and motor corporation · leaf 53
i^ 4 Photo, Edwin Levick, N. Y.Lieut. Commander A. C. Read, U. S. N., and the crew of the NC-4 after the flight west of Horta, the wind forbade an at-tempt to taxy in the known direction ofFayal. The only possible course seemedone with the wind, i. e. eastward, which,it was calculated, would carry… … The Mother SI p ^ oo took Night came, and the boat was buffetedby wave and rain. One of the elevators,badly damaged, had to be cut loose. Thecrew took turns steering, those off dutyattempting to sleep. With morning, inthe twenty-second hour of surface riding,the left wing tip was washed away. Oneof…
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