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Show AMUNDSEN BUYS AEROPLANES San Francisco, Mar. 27. Before Captain Kaold Amundsen, the discoverer discov-erer of the south pole, sailed for Ehireka, Cal , today, be signed a contract con-tract to buy two hydro-aeroplanes which he will take with him into the arctic on his next vovage of exploration explora-tion in 1914. Amundsen made his firs;, flight as a passenger with Silas I ChrlStoffersen last Tuesday and to-Idaj to-Idaj he was able to announce his coincide coin-cide plans Before settine sail from jthls city for the northwest passage in June. mi. he will study flying scientifically sci-entifically from over- nnele and triH go north prepared to repair any damage dam-age his planes may suffer Thorwaid Nielsen, captain of the Fram, and Helmer Eianssen, bis I trusted aide, who accompanied him on his tinal dash to the south ole, will bo fellow pupils Knute Sund-bei Sund-bei k, ehiol engineer of the Fram. win master the theory of construction and repair of the motors Amundsen believes the hvdro-aero-plnne will be particularly useful Id the summer months, when there is , much open water, for reconnaisences J and observations. "I don't think there is much dancer.' dan-cer.' he said. "I consider aeroplanes j thoroughly practical for the uses Which I Intend to put them " oo ' I |