Mechanics Tuning Up Plane

(Original Caption) Turning Up the Motor of the Fokker Monoplane Old Glory for the Last Time Before the Hop-Off to Rome. Curtiss Field, Long Island: The final preparations for the New York-to-Rome flight which Lloyd Bertaud and J.D. Hill will attempt in the Fokker monoplane "Old Glory" are winding up and the plane is expected to take off at any moment. In the above photo mechanics are shown tuning up the motor. A west wind is considered absolutely necessary for the heavily loaded plane to take off from its special runway. (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)