PLANES ATTRACTIONS
USE AS PETROL STATION. An enterprising garage proprietor in Los Angeles (California) has adopted an unusual method of attracting business to his petrol station and the attention of the 36,000 motor drivers who pass his service house daily. He purchased a large two-engined Fokker that originally cost £22,000, which, after 2500 flying hours, had ended its flying days. The huge monoplane, with its widespread wings, is now installed on a plot of ground in ' front of the station, where the wings serve as a canopy for the petrol and oil pumps.
The ground plane, which is maintained in exactly the same condition as when it flew, attracted so many visitors (who are welcome to get into it and inspect the mechanism, instruments, etc.) that the wooden floor of the machine has worn out twice and has been replaced by a steel plate floor. An attendant accompanies visitors. over the plane and explains everything. The propellers of the big plane are fenced in for safety. Such is the attraction of the grounded plane that the service station is reported to be selling petrol to the value of over £2OOO a month.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1938, Page 5
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192PLANES ATTRACTIONS Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1938, Page 5
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