PACKARD-DIESEL POWERED WACO TAPERWING NC4N, AUGUST, 1931
	Left to right, Felix Kummer, Walter's secretary at Packard, and Walter E. Lees.

 

The legend painted just to rear of the engine reads: THIS PLANE POWERED WITH ENGINE HOLDING NON-REFUEL DURATION RECORD 84 HOURS. 32 MIN. (May 28, 1931   The legend painted just below the cockpit reads: WALTER E. LEES OFFICIAL TIMER NATIONAL AIR TOUR 1931 (July 5, 1931 to July 25, 1931)

 

INTERVIEW WITH LOA LEES, 1976 Felix Kummer was Pop's secretary at the Packard Company where he was flying the diesel.. That was when we lived at 50 Ridge Road, Ferndale. He was certainly a good one. They didn't test planes together, he was a secretary in the office. He is wearing goggles and everything in the picture, but Pops must have just given him a ride, that's all. He was crazy about Pops. That was in the days before they had women secretaries.   Gallery 7