Word: braked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Propeller Brake...
Most modern aircraft use two kinds of brakes: wheel-brakes on the ground, and "air brakes" (wing flaps) to reduce flying speed. Last week a third kind of brake was being tested on Pan American Airways' big transoceanic Clipper Ships...
...Paul, Donald Harding, 3, climbed into an empty trolley car, swung the air brake handle, careened downhill. George Jelinek, 17, jumped on the cow catcher, broke the front window and swung the brake handle back, just as the car jumped the tracks. Only casualty: Donald Harding's mother, who cut her arm trying to climb in a side window...
...Charged with assault and battery by automobile, the President's third son was allowed to proceed to his dance by taxicab. Next night he appeared in court to explain that he had been blinded by snow, that when he tramped down on the brake, his car skidded. He was released without bond for a hearing...
...peak railroad year of 1926 Westinghouse Air Brake made $10,000,000. A Mellon (Richard K.) sits on the board but even the Mellons could not prevent the company from losing $600,000 last year. So far this year railroads have ordered about 13 times as many freight cars as they built or bought all last year, and Westinghouse is once more in the black. Last week it looked as if Westinghouse would stay in the black for at least a decade. The American Railway Association, as one of its last acts before it was formally absorbed by the bigger...