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LUNKEN AIRPORT
Cincinnati. Ohio
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The flight renlly had its be*cinnin^ Into In the r^u-nor when I arrived nt th8 Aeronca factory in Cincinnati to take? delivery on this new seaplane I had on order. H^vinr ropree--ntcd the Aeronautical Corporation of America In Lour.sin.na for the ?t several years, I v/as aware of the fact that both <~nrl Fri!?><]I'-nd^r , President of the firm, and Carl Wr-otten, Vice-Proeidont In chnrj e of sales, tnke -.ore than n little pride In the records nude by Aeronca airplanes, so when Carl Woottcn. s^id to as I '.vat ferettinf ready to take off for home "Henry, I th?nk you could vory easily sot a Ion# distance record with th^t new t:e?plane of ycurE" , I felt certain that he meant it.
It so happened that I vrns ospeciHlly bu&y with c-tu^tnt end photographic work at the Ne^v Orleans Airport where I opr rate, and so I did not give rauch thought to what he had said until T returned home.
Tbe idea seemed very feasible, for a number of r'.-asens. First, the flight would .not recuire n single chrru e in the b';sic structure of the airplane nor even the addition cf extra fuel tanka, since the pontoons could bo used for that purpose. I v.v.s able to put 2Q pal Ions in each pontoon without rankinP- a sinrle change other than installing the necessary ras lines <.nd fittinv-s. Aa a precautionary measure, I did install rascclators in the line leading from the pontoons to the nain pas tank. It was- tin n a