Word: aloftâ
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...flight, the craft bucked and plunged, struggled amain with roaring cylinders, but could not rise from the clinging snowfield. Overhead there was perfect flying weather, bright and clear. Eielson ripped the throttle wide open. The Alaskan roared forward, kicking up a small blizzard, and at last crept clear and aloft???only, when she landed after a brisk spin, to crash into a buried wire fence at the end of the field, smashing her propeller, landing gear and fuselage. No Pole flight for her for many weeks...
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