Word: balbo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Replied General Balbo: "I greet you all as a commander and a companion. We are ready with tranquil spirit. I am not unmindful of danger?. . . . But these are not inferior to our destiny...
...squadron's seaplanes to send to the girl. The horseplay was interrupted when Col. Pellegrini mustered the men of the squadron into line on the quay, facing the 25 big seaplanes bobbing at moorings. The stage was set. Upon it stepped the imposing figure of General Italo Balbo, Minister of Aviation, supreme commander of the Atlantic flight. To General Balbo, Col. Pellegrini said...
...human race, bless us, we beseech Thee, this aircraft . . . that those who flying in it put themselves under the care of the Blessed Virgin, may speedily arrive at their destination and may return home unharmed. . . ." After last farewells, the visitors were herded out, the gates were locked-with General Balbo inside, and the pilots impatiently awaited the order: "Decollare!" (take-off). But ice around Labrador delayed that order...
...Flight to A Century of Progress is known to Italians as Crodera del Decennale (Cruise of the Decennial) celebrating the tenth birthday of Fascism. It was conceived two years ago by General Balbo when he completed his squadron flight of ten seaplanes (out of 14 starters) across the South Atlantic to Brazil. At first he proposed to take his squadron completely around the world, but abandoned that scheme as too pretentious, if not too risky. Even the flight to the U. S. and back, a magnificent military gesture costing upward of $500,000, was not approved by all Italians...
...Shediac, N. B. (800 mi.), to Montreal (500 mi.), to Chicago (870 mi.). Following'a three-day fete at the World's Fair the squadron will hop east to Port Washington, N. Y. on Long Island Sound. Unlike the South Atlantic flight, on which General Balbo left his planes with the Brazilian Government in barter for coffee, he will lead this squadron home again through the sky. The route, undetermined, may lie via the Azores...