Word: amphibianism
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Marshall Field III and his bride of two months (former Mrs. Dudley Coats of London), honeymooning through Africa in an amphibian airplane which crashed in the surf at Sidi Barrani on its way to them three weeks ago, crashed last week 850 mi. south of Khartoun en route to Kenya Colony. All escaped injury...
...Jersey recently one Frank A. Morgan made routine application to the State Board of Commerce & Navigation for permission to operate an amphibian service between Lake Hopatcong, popular resort, and New York. Last week leaders of the aviation industry, no less than Mr. Morgan, were astounded, then indignant to learn that permission was refused; moreover, that aircraft "will not be permitted to land on any New Jersey inland waters...
...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...