He wished to lay particular stress fon the splendid performance of both plane and engine, "Neither had given riy. trouble, and, although it is at the moment being given a thorough overhaul at the aerodrome, this is fnerely @ routine Job. Asked if he had. any particular" reason why. he chose to My home instead of travelling by the more prosaic routes, Farquhar said that, since he had been fying in Mexico for the past. four years; he thought he would. travel home' in what seemed to him to be the most natural way.
He and Mfr. Bieler, a German we hag become a naturalised. Mexican, accordingly laid plans for their fight, and shared the piloting of the plane: He had had absolutely" no. trouble anywhere on the route, everyone had been most helpful, and he was looking forward to the next and final Tap of the ight which he la pioneering.
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