A greater contrast could not well be imagined than that presented by the heavy, rather cumbersome-looking Sea Eagle with her substantial underbody and huge wing spread, and the trim, dainty little monoplane, which was named the Green Firefly.
"The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune"
Wilbur Lawton
"Hume had always derided the idea of the monoplane.
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre
"There were some scattered drawings of the monoplane in father's office; I began a study of these, thinking to chance upon the principal idea.
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre