Summary: Bat-type airplane tested by French, 1926 (International News); safety type airplane with tandem wings (Paramount, 1929); freak airplanes tested, Roosevelt Fld., 1927; Lindbergh receives new 1928 monoplane (Pathe) (WF00-25-28, inclusive). INTERNATIONAL NEWS REELS. FRANCE TESTS NEW TYPE OF AIRPLANE, WITH TWO PROPELLERS AND TWO MOTORS. 1) CU Willard Coublay, France, pilot getting into cockpit of plane. Plane with white wings and white fuselage, twin tail, made at airfield, Coublay, France. 2) RV of plane, lettering on top of wings is A and HO or it nay be HB on other wing. 3) Plane taxis down runway, takes off. PARAMOUNT NEWS. AT ROOSEVELT FIELD, NEW SAFETY PLANE WITH EXTRA WHEEL AND WINGS, WADDLES SKYWARD, UNSUCCESSFUL BUT BREATHLESS THRU ITS FLIGHT. 4) CU 0f plane, obscured by roof of building, shows pilot in cabin, extra wing and extra wheel in front. 5) Plane taxis, on back of wing is large letters "MX 120M." 6) Plane takes off, wobbles, gains altitude very slowly. PARAMOUNT NEWS. ROOSEVELT FIELD, L.E. "EVERYBODY'S FLYING, SO INVENTOR TRIES HIS LUCK, BUT HIS SWEET SWEET PLANE JUST GOES ALONG." 7) Plane with four lateral wing-type wings increased in size, power driven, three wheel, no dented fuselage, small stabilizer in back, old type automobIle pulls plane away. PATHE NEWS. NEW LINDBERG PLANE IS TESTED BY MASTERS, SAN DIEGO, CALIF. COLONEL ACCEPTS SHIPS FROM B. MAHONEY, BUILDER OF SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS. 8) MS Lindberg looking at plane. Spectators in bg. 9) CU of Col. Lindberg in front of plane, single engine, nickelplated monoplane with landing lights and direct vision. 10) Col. Lindberg inspects the engine. 11) Plane taxis down field, takes off, as Lindbergh takes plane up for a spin. Fair
