Word: air
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Henderson suggested a scientific method of breaking the record for a given race. "If," he said, "one were to place the record holder in an oxygen tunnel, arranged so that one could adjust the air supply reaching the runner's lungs, it would be possible to eliminate one racing difficulty; breathlessness and subsequent fatigue. Then, if one could arrange a little flag so that it would run around the track at a steady speed just a little higher than the average speed of the previous record holder, and instruct the runner to follow the flag exactly, one would eliminate another...
...Harvard Flying Club and with work commencing on the annual overhauling of the club plane immediately, the flying season will be resumed for the spring months, according to an announcement made last night by R. B. Bell '30, president of the organization. The task of reconditioning the club Travel-air, which has been in the Gordon McKay Laboratory since flying ceased last fall, will take about one month. All the work will be done by the members of the club and the plane is expected to be ready for service by March...
...That designation delighted Newark's Mayor Jerome T. Congleton, who leaves no trick unturned to advance the importance of his city as a sea and air port, as a railroad terminal...
...flyers as any other kudos is the International League of Aviators' accolade for flyer-of-the-year. Last week, in Paris, the League announced whom it regarded as the most significant flyers of 1928. It was a specialists' tribute to specialists. The names form an epitome of air adventure. Capt. Arturo Ferrarin of Italy, his fel lows believe, accomplished the best feat of the year. With Major Carlo Delprete, he flew non-stop from Rome to Port Natal, Brazil, 4,417 miles in 51 hr. 59 min. Capt. Ferrarin's predecessor, in 1927, was of course...
...Hugo Eckener received the lighter-than-air trophy for his command of the Graf Zeppelin. His peer for 1927 was Lieut. Commander Charles Emery Rosendahl of the U. S. S. Los Angeles. Lady Mary Bailey was the best woman flyer last year, Lady Mary Heath the next best. Each flew between London and Capetown, in opposite directions. "Best flyers" designated for various countries...