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Show Aeroplane Kpt as Memento. All that i.i It: it or the historic. Wright biplano with which Calbraitb V. Rodders liew from t!ie Atlantic tc this Paci-'!:: two years ago Is to be presented pre-sented to the Carnegie museum a: Pittsburgh by the late aviator's moth-(:. moth-(:. The machine was bad ly damaged v lien Rodgers fell to his death in the rnelllo ocean a. short time after completing com-pleting his wonderful flight. Subse-(I'l'-ntly it was used by Andrew Drew liatll that aviator also was killed with II. The machine has been restored to Its original condition. Both Rodgers' and Fowler's , Wright machines have motors of hut HO horsepower, yet they flew across the continent in opposite directions at a time when the aeroplane aero-plane had not been equipped with the 1 00 horsepower motor of today, which makes It much more stable, nor had It developed anywhere near the speed nf which It has since shown itself tu he capable. |