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GIANT PLANE NOW IN SUNKEN HANGAR “LIKE TRYING TO DRYLOCK A WHALE” (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received May 3, 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 3. The latest report from Little America states that the men worked all night under the pale moonlight lowering the giant Condor into the sunken snow hangar. A ten-mile wind made the job difficult. A similar hangar will be prepared for the smaller planes. The Condor weighs about eight tons, including two tons of fuel. Easing it into the pit was exhaustive w.crk. As one man said, it was like trying to drydock a whale.
The barometer was falling on Tuesday. A blizzard is expected.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12244, 4 May 1934, Page 5
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