Word: b18
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fleigelmann of Brooklyn thought he had to do to make that trip was join the U. S. Army Air Corps and get assigned to Luke Field, Hawaii. In a high moment last November, Mechanic Fleigelmann decided to fly back 2,400 miles to San Francisco in a Douglas B18 bomber, which can fly 2,000 miles with a full load and the usual crew of six experienced men. Inasmuch as Private Fleigelmann was not even one experienced flier, he was lucky to crawl out of the wreckage in a pineapple patch five miles from Luke Field...
...successive nights and mornings, the Air Corps' Brig. General Arnold N. Krogstad sent Boeing B-17 ("Flying Fortress") and Douglas B18 bombers flying 180 miles southward from Langley Field, Va., to Fort Bragg. Ordered to fly at 4,000 feet the first night, to accustom the observers, bombers later went up to 18,000, 20,000 and 24,000 feet heights now practicable thanks to a new, secret bomb sight. Without fail, civilian groundlings heard or saw, got warnings to Fort Bragg within three minutes. On a headquarters defense map, lighted in red and green, winking bulbs "tracked...
...Sever 53 Thurs. at 10 Sever 84 Thurs. at 9 Sever 135 Wed. at 11 Sever 326 Thurs. at 10 Sever 78 Thurs. at 11 Sever 89 Wed. at 9 Sever 2110* Thurs. at 3-5 Widener B12a* Wed. at 10 Boylston 2315* Thurs. at 10 Widener B18 Wed. at 2 Sever B26a Wed. at 12 Sever 620a* Tues. at 3-5 Sever 620c* Wed. at 3-5 Sever 21GOVERNMENT1 Thurs. at 9 New Lect. Hall2hf* Consult Professor Holcombe3a Wed. at 10 Sever 184 Thurs. at 11 Harvard 66* Wed. at 2 Harvard 57a Wed. at 12 Sever 28a Thurs...
...Sever 53 Thurs. at 10 Sever 84 Thurs. at 9 Sever 135 Wed. at 11 Sever 326 Thurs. at 10 Sever 78 Thurs. at 11 Sever 89 Wed. at 9 Sever 2110* Thurs. at 3-5 Widener B12a* Wed. at 10 Boylston 2315* Thurs. at 10 Widener B18 Wed. at 2 Sever B26a Wed. at 12 Sever 620a* Tues. at 3-5 Sever 620c* Wed. at 3-5 Sever 21GOVERNMENT1 Thurs. at 9 New Lect. Hall2hf* Consult Professor Holcombe3a Wed. at 10 Sever 184 Thurs. at 11 Harvard 66* Wed. at 2 Harvard 57a Wed. at 12 Sever 28a Thurs...