Word: aircrafters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Next it was Barcelona's turn. Scorning Catalan anti-aircraft batteries, seven Rightist planes circled over the city for 30 minutes, killed approximately 70 people then roared back toward Mallorca. Following Geneva's lead (see p. 18) Leftists promptly asserted that both raids had been made entirely by Italian planes...
According to Valencia: as the Palma-bound air-raiders passed overhead, the Deutschland suddenly opened fire with its 14 anti-aircraft guns. The Leftist planes circled, dove, dropped twelve bombs. Four scored direct hits...
According to Berlin: the attack was totally unprovoked. It occurred while the crew was at mess in the unarmored forecastle. No anti-aircraft guns were fired. Only two bombs struck the ship. One, on her heavily armored midships, caused no damage. The other, exploding in the forecastle, killed 23 men, wounded...
Down the placid waters of broad Chesapeake Bay from Washington last week churned two boatloads of aviation experts, manufacturers and operators to the brick and grass coziness of Old Point Comfort, Va. to attend the twelfth annual Aircraft Engineering Research Conference of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Carefully watched by soldiers and with cameras forbidden, they were driven to Langley Field to be chaperoned physically by NACA's Secretary John Victory and mentally by NACA's Research Director Dr. George William Lewis through the world's greatest collection of wind tunnels, to see what the finest...
Similar trouble encountered before when bigger planes went into service has always been successfully overcome. Last week Douglas Aircraft Co. was busy perfecting a reinforcement for the wing where the de-icer is attached, and B. F. Goodrich Co.. maker of the deicers, was busy hunting for a way to strengthen the rubber. Both promised results by next ice weather...