Word: aircraft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...upper reaches of the stratosphere, higher than man has ever studied, stretches the Kennelly-Heaviside layer of ionized ether which acts as a conductor (or reflector) of radio waves. If man could study these regions he might gather valuable meteorological data, possibly discover new air travel lanes for aircraft of the future...
...salute death vocally, and an impossible scene in which Barthelmess is rescued from behind the enemy lines, The Dawn Patrol is exciting. It contains some of the best air photography ever made. Good shots: German troops shot down from the air, falling where they stand manning the anti-aircraft guns; German munition centre demolished by bombs from an English plane...
Many an unexplained crash of aircraft in stormy weather has called forth the theory that the plane was struck by lightning. Last week the possibility was offered again. An old Lockheed monoplane, carrying four Kansas City businessmen and a transport pilot home from a fishing trip, took off from Aransas Pass, Tex., climbed 4,000 ft., disappeared in a big black cloud. A moment later watchers saw the ship hurtle out of the cloud, its wing trailing like a broken limb. The hull crashed to earth, disintegrating as it fell. All occupants were killed. There was no explosion, no fire...
...United Aircraft & Transport Corp., which last spring acquired the first transcontinental system of airlines after a bitter fight with the Curtiss-Keyes group (TiME, April 14, et seq.), last week without a struggle extended its control through the Northwest. Already operating the Boeing System from Chicago to San Francisco, and Pacific Air Transport from Los Angeles to Seattle, United closed a triangle by absorbing Varney Air Lines, Inc., from Salt Lake City to Portland, Seattle and Spokane. One share of United was exchanged for two of Varney...
...Trenton, N. J. the Board of Education asked a court injunction against the building of Passaic County Airport across the road from a new township school. Board members feared that low flying aircraft would endanger and distract school occupants...