Word: air
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Perl plan is to build a 22-ft. duralumin fuselage shaped like a dirigible, hermetically sealed. Inside would be a compressor which would supply air at sea level pressure and warm it for the pilot and the motor (which would be within the fuselage). Outside would be the propeller, wings resembling those of a flying fish, and tail fins. Landing wheels would be retracted into the body...
When good fellows get numerous, they start clubs. Last week in London a Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators of the British Empire took form. First member is Air Vice-Marshal Sir William Sefton Brancker, since 1922 director of civil aviation for the British air ministry, flyer since 1910. "Gapans," as the Guildsmen will be called by the current British initialing custom, must be licensed pilots or navigators of long experience, high skill...
Akin to "Gapans" in the U. S. are the Professional Pilots Association and the Air Mail Association...
Black's Grandstand. To watch the 1,200-mi. air race around England for the King's Cup last week, air-touring Publisher Van Lear Black of Baltimore chartered a huge Imperial Airways plane as his "flying grandstand." Winner of the race was R. L. Atcherley, flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, with a Gloster-Grebe military fighter. A competitor was Lady Mary Bailey, trans-African adventuress (TIME, March 26, 1928, April...
Endurance Attempts. At Los Angeles, Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison in a Cessna (TIME, July 8) had their motor fail, landed with a crash after 42 hr. 5 min. in the air. Another Los Angeles plane, the Buhl Angeleno, last week started up for the endurance record. Flyers were Loren W. Mendell, R. B. Reinhart...