Word: aires
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from the Lesser Antilles had come a hurricane. Its centre moved along slowly, nine or ten miles per hour, but the vast volume of air it sucked went raging...
Diagnosis. Forecaster Mitchell of the U. S. Weather Bureau spoke of hurricanes. "They are probably gentle little eddies of air at first," he said, "but gather momentum owing to differences in temperature and air pressure until they become gigantic whirls, sucking air toward their central vortices like gargantuan vacuum cleaners." Caribbean hurricanes of more or less violence are common near the autumnal Equinox. Last week's winds were reported to have attained at times the unusual velocity...
...This time they had nine months at their disposal−obviously, the proper thing was a trip around the world. Obviously also, if you have been an ace, you understand that the majority of aeronautical accidents are the pilot's fault and that being up in the air, so long as no one is shooting at you from another plane, is as safe as being on the ground and much more pleasant. Accordingly, the de Sibours would go around the world in a $3,250 airplane which uses 4½ gallons of gas and not quite a pint...
...Air travel drew a step closer to rail travel when Mr. & Mrs. D. J. Sullivan in St. Paul, Minn., bought a ticket for Rochester, Minn., climbed into a plane, enjoyed the scenery for an hour, inquired about landing time. "Rochester!" exclaimed the one addressed. "Why you're on the plane for Chicago...
Wilbur "Take The Air" Reviewed in this issue...