Word: barographs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...record of ship's barograph when picked up at a distance from the rest of the wreckage disclosed that the ship was at a height of 2,100 feet when she broke in the centre...
...across the U. S. in a 26-hour non-stop flight, With Kelly he established the world's endurance record, flying over Dayton for 34 hours. Officially Frenchman Lecointe still holds the world's altitude record, but on his last attempt to beat this Macready's barograph registered 43,000 feet and when he landed stiff and frost-bitten from the intense cold many experts were of the opinion that he had actually gone higher than the Frenchman. In addition to a few other records, he has the reputation of being one of the Army...
...feet is attained. Next the candidate takes an 80-horsepower model and flies as far and as high as he wishes. He is now ready for his brevet, for which he must undergo three tests: first, stay an hour at a height of 6500 feet with self-registering barograph; second, make a triangular trip of 130 miles inside of 48 hours; third, make a straight flight 100 miles and back in 24 hours with only one stop allowed each...