Almost reverently they looked over the Sky-Bird.  Through every possible climatic rigor the airplane had passed, and practically without any attention.  Not once, from the time they had left this very airdrome until they had reached it again, after traversing close to 25,000 miles, had she been under shelter or sulked on them through deficient construction.  Given a few days to overhaul her engines, they felt they would be quite capable of repeating their world record-breaking achievement, if it were necessary.