Word: amphibian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reaches of statecraft, however, and of the arts as well, will still be the province of males, who will relax in foxhunting and horse-racing, sports which the Earl, with true British acumen, finds will continue. War unfortunately will persist, but in a more humane form, conducted largely by amphibian tanks, perhaps radio-controlled. If the molecular engine is devised, airplanes will supersede all other vehicles, decentralizing all activities, including industry?and here the Earl makes several bows to Henry Ford. The last essay wanders a bit, forecasting an exact psychology that will sweep falsehood and pretense from the earth...
...Goldsborough, expert of Pioneer Instrument Co., was navigator aboard Mrs. Frances Grayson's amphibian Dawn which was lost between Roosevelt Field and Harbor Grace, N. F. in December 1927. The plane was to have attempted a flight to Denmark. Frank Goldsborough qualified for his pilot's license last November, established a junior record for transcontinental flight two months ago (TIME...
Married. Grover Cleveland Loening, airplane (amphibian) designer; and Marka (Margaret) Truesdale, Manhattan socialite; at Westbury...
Engaged. Grover Cleveland Loening, airplane (amphibian) inventor, onetime chief aeronautical engineer of the U. S. Army Air Corps, onetime assistant to Orville Wright; and Marka (Margaret) Truesdale, Manhattan socialite...
...frequently contributed articles and last week risked amused reactions of her friends by addressing Liberty's motley public in fiction without pretense to great literary merit.* Father & Daughter camaraderie is carried beyond office walls. Each has a sport biplane and a pilot's license. Capt. Patterson also maintains an amphibian yacht in which with guests and private pilots they make flights for hunting, or fishing in the Caribbean. These adventures provide meat for Alicia's articles, which appear in more-than-average length in Father's Liberty?and, indicative of rising reputation, she had an article on aviation clothes...