Word: cabined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Within the coupe the driver steps on his gas throttle; the propeller whirls noisily and the queer craft scoots along the road. ... At the airport the driver fetches a monoplane wing, bolts it into place just abaft the cabin door. A fuselage tail, with control surfaces, is hooked onto the coupe's bustle-like stern (see cut). The driver (now a pilot) steps on the same gas throttle as before, steers with the same steering wheel, prods the same foot-brake, kites down the runway, climbs...
Last week another ship stood at the head of the Cranwell runway. Like the first one, it was a Fairey-Napier. But it was equipped with improvements learned from the previous experiences. A "robot" steering device was installed. Running gear was made double-strong for rough landings. A cabin hatch was cut for observations of the stars. Fuel tanks were built to hold 1,000 gal. In the cabin was a bed for the pilot off watch. Experts spent months in plotting the course for favorable topography and weather...
...Stinson Aircraft Corp. flew a new type Stinson tri-motor. The three were Chief Engineer Arthur Saxon, 29, who had been eight years with Stinson, helped design its first plane; his assistant, Samuel Benson; and Chief Test Pilot Owen Pinaire. With two tons of lead ballast in the cabin, they wanted to try the plane's stability...
...race will be held over the new Tuckerman Ravine ski trail from the Mountaineering Club's spur cabin to the Crystal Cascade, just above Pinkham Notch. Competitors will be sent off down the trial at intervals of two minutes to avoid overlapping, but should any skier be overtaken by the man following him he is automatically disqualified. This course has been covered this winter in slightly under seven minutes...
...noon, just before the meet, the Mountaineering Club and its guests will held a house-warming party to celebrate the completion of its new long house, known as Spur Cabin. The cabin is located half a mile below Hermit Lake at an elevation of 3800 feet. All the building materials were carried up the mountain from Pinkham Notch by members of the club, who estimate that they have packed about 2500 pounds on their backs since last October...