Word: amphibian
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...there ate hamburgers moodily, brooding on the unprofitable aspects of a business launched with a legal action. But after the second cup of coffee they decided to stick. The plaintiff dropped his suit when the partners offered to repair his car free. Next step was to saw off the amphibian's tail, repair it, reattach the amputated section and return the corporation's first...
...state of Grace. Grace was thinking about an airline to complement its shipping business. So Pan Am and Grace made a deal-each anted up $500,000, agreed to own and operate Panagra, 50-50. Panagra started flying in May 1929 with a wide-winged, many-strutted Sikorsky amphibian...
Recently four top-flight Pan Am troubleshooters, on a survey flight were forced to return to the Caribbean without going south of Natal. They were flying a Grumman amphibian which required special flight permissions, and these the Brazilian Aeronautics Ministry, which is a cumbersome body, including some Nazi sympathizers, refused to grant...
...time the outfit was ready for its next dash into the Caribbean, it reached farther east, did the same job better. Back in Guantanamo it practiced with the new amphibian tank (one on hand, 200 on order), at last got time to get acquainted with itself. Howlin' Mad, detesting the tawdry fleshpots of Guantanamo, made camp life as comfortable as possible, even let his soldiers take beer from the post exchange to their tents to make things cozy...
...real action, the Marines' amphibian will be hoisted over ship's side with sling and boom...