Last week at Santa Monica, Calif., Douglas Aircraft Co. test-flew a new ship, turned its back on the design trend which in the past five years has put low-wing monoplanes on every large domestic airline in the U. S. Not since the last famed Ford "tin goose" and Fokker tri-motor disappeared from service had a high-wing monoplane like Douglas' new DC-5, which carries 16 passengers and uses a retractable tricycle landing gear, been offered for transport service.
When weatherbeaten Carl Cover, Doug las vice president and boss test pilot, "poured the coal" to the...
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