Word: alightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With oriental swiftness that might well stagger the Western World, the Parliament of China reassembled on the overnight decision of party managers to elect a President. Peking was gaily decorated; soldiers paraded the streets; the very air was alight with hope...
...flights are undertaken, the upper deck of the Langley is completely cleared; masts and smokestacks and all other paraphernalia disappear. The Secretary of the Navy, Admirals, Captains and gobs jump into nets on the sides of the ship, with conspicuous lack of dignity, when a plane is about to alight. The getaway of an airplane is easy. But landing on the deck of the steaming war-vessel, pitching and rolling as it must, is a risky proposition. The deck looks broad to any one standing on it, but it is a mere strip to the anxious pilot. As the wheels...
...expediting urgent transatlantic mail. Under this scheme urgent letters- on payment of special rates-will be carried in a specially constructed seaplane, capable of a speed of 120 miles an hour, to overtake liners which have left New York harbor for English ports. Guided by wireless, the seaplane will alight near a liner and be hoisted aboard. The wings are to be of the folding type, which reduces considerably the space required for storing. When the ship is still hundreds of miles from the English coast the plane will be hoisted overboard and will fly away with the mail...