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And now for something “magnificent”; George S’ free flight rubber scale model of W. F. Gerhardt’s Cycleplane. Dimensions and shapes were measured from screen-shots taken from the opening clip of “Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines”. In that scene the airplane trundles a few feet before the wings collapse on the poor pilot. George showed this model at Pony Express – flight trimming in progress..

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