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nr is to m* pun rut exi ny uh* ou t»f air cmmm rct\ Eugene 1Vidal* director, announced today The plane is hoped to bring dr. *1. pmtnt uf planes suited to pm or flying in that it overcome4* handicaps of getting to and fromairports.Hie »lepartrtit*nt s. anmucut*mr111 said operation on the h ghways wdt im accomplished by providing rotor wings which an fcw readily fold* 1 bock over the fuselage.The craft is to have a clutch between the engine and propeller *ao that the pn|«* Her may be discern i ex ted from the engine and a drr e from the engine to the wheel* o the whot*Is $o that the rotor plane' btcomia practically an automobilefor ground operation**THe engine will le placed backof the pilot and passenger to afford the greatest of comfort and tht rutos wall be i f the direct con-tiad type which obviates the need of any fixed wings The passenger and pt! at will sit side by side and the space available will be equalti# that prov ded in the average coupe The plane will be powered, with an H5 h p engine,Dr. Locke, Ex-K.K.K. Head Die* in DenverDENVER. Cok lt;U «• Dr John* Galen Locke, former grand dragon - of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan,who in 1933 and 1934 controlledColorado politic* dropped dead hue b last night m a Denver hotel room dtom a blood clot on the heart
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Gallup, New Mexico, US

Tue, Apr 02, 1935

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