Word: aerially
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...really don't understand what was agreed with regard to air at the Disarmament Conference. I understand they agreed that there should be no bombing of civilians, but that does not eliminate aerial warfare. If bombing is to continue I do not think civilians have any right to claim a particular measure of immunity...
Wolfgang von Gronau, 39, is much less a "flyer," in the romantic sense of the word, than an aerial mariner, stolid, painstaking, plodding. He did not want to become a pilot. His lack of interest in aviation became definite fear when his brother, a War aviator, was shot down and killed. But shortly after that when he was transferred from the navy to the air service, he had to go. At first he tried to deceive his mother by telling her he was to go aboard a Zeppelin, which was supposed to be safer than an airplane. But when...
When a Hungarian military plane crashed at aerial maneuvers near Rome, Premier Mussolini took quick, expensive action to prevent a crack in the Italo-Hungarian entente. He despatched as a gift to the Hungarian Government a brand new Italian plane painted boldly with the words "Justice for Hungary!" Next he commanded that a memorial shaft be raised to the two Hungarian airmen who lost their lives in the crash, George Enders and Julius Bittay. Finally Italy's Dictator sent to each of the dead men's families in Hungary a present of 50,000 lire...
Enterprising Pylon Club of Philadelphia, organization of sportsmen pilots, plays an all-aerial game. The hare is a plane on one side of which is painted a number unknown to the hound-pilots. The hare is given a five-minute start, is limited to county boundaries. Hounds try to corner the hare, then get within reading distance of the secret number-a maneuver requiring dogfight combat tactics...
Trapeze (Harmonic-film), a German talkie with English subtitles, was directed by E. A. Dupont, who made Variety. His penchant for oblique photography is appropriate for aerial acrobatics like the trick called "Salto Mortale," which the three principal personages in this picture perform at frequent intervals. "Salto Mortale" is a giant swing on a revolving platform followed by a jump to a trapeze that has to be released by a ground-lever at exactly the right moment. It is performed by Marina (Anna Sten) and Jim (Reinhold Bernt), an arrogant animal-feeder who volunteers for the act to show Marina...