Dear Don,
An
interesting find the one linking King Alfin and the "chocolate plane"We
know that flying is linked with accidents in "Ada" ( Demon Veen died in
a plane crash, grandpa Daedalus crashed into a pond ). There is also a
reference, close to Daedalus and King Wing, of a certain Ben Wright.
I always thought this name would be a reference to
one of the brothers Wright, who got all the credit as forerunners of
aviation - instead of Santos Dumont with "Mademoiselle" and " 14-Bis".
( Actually there were "two
memorable coachmen: Ben Wright, 1884, and Trofim Fartukov, 1888" in
Ardis and both are associated to farts ( Fartukov, of course - and the
same Ben Wright who let loose a 'last petard at Ardis.’ being
subsequently "fired after letting winds go free while driving Marina and Mlle
Larivière home from the Vendange Festival". This English
coach-man deserves a note by Darkbloom (n.316)
on petard: Mr Ben Wright, a poet in his own
right, is associated throughout with pets (farts).)
I could never understand
these pet references placed close to balloons, flying and planes in
ADA! The mistery deepens now.
By separate posting I´ll be sending you another caption of SD´s
planes plus a cartoon in the French press.
Jansy