Word: boettner
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...which had caught a more southerly wind current and been blown across Germany to Krakow, 373 miles from Antwerp. The Belgica was third, 279 miles, and another Belgian bag, the Prince Leopold (winner in 1925), fourth with 192 miles. Great concern was felt for Pilot John A. Boettner of the Akron N. A. A., whose bag was known to have become waterlogged soon after entering the low-moving clouds, to have dropped to earth, bumped out Boettner's companion, H. W. Maxson, gone dragging off over a tilled field and then aloft again. But Boettner reported himself safe...
...victory of Pilot Van Orman made him world's champion balloonist for this year. Last month he won the Litchfield Trophy by flying the Goodyear IV from Little Rock, Ark., 780 miles to Petersburg, Va. (TIME, May 10, AERONAUTICS). Boettner and the Akron N. A. A. finished second in that race. Pilot Van Orman also won the Litchfield Trophy last year with a flight of 1,072 miles. His avoidance of the Baltic Sea last week reflected a lesson learned in the Bennett race last year when he and the Goodyear III dropped into the Atlantic, being rescued...
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