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...train puffed out. M. Rosengolz and staff proceeded to Berlin where they were to confer with Soviet Foreign Minister Georg Tchitcherin, now sojourning "for his health" in the western political cockpit...
...amazed the crowd at Roosevelt Field and caused his wife to swoon, when he quietly climbed into the Columbia's cockpit beside Chamberlin and was off for somewhere in Europe. Chamberlin followed Captain Lindbergh's general route from Long Island to Newfoundland and thence across the Atlantic...
...attempted this stunt in 1912 and were killed. Lieutenant Doolittle began his loop above Dayton, Ohio, at an altitude of 8,000 feet, flying at 150 miles per hour. His great dangers were the collapse of his plane or the breaking of straps which held him in the cockpit, at the bottom of the loop. Even though his plane held together Lieutenant Doolittle came out of the loop with bloodshot eyes and a slight hemorrhage of the lungs. At one point he had attained a speed...
...Arrival. He did not collapse in his cockpit immediately after landing, as some early despatches stated. His first words were, "Well, here we are. I am very happy": and not "Well, I did it" or "I got my pardon...
...other important control is the rudder bar, across the cockpit floor, with pedals on each end. To turn the airplane to the right, press on the right pedal; to the left, on the left. Because the whirling of the propeller forces an airplane to the left, an adjustable device has been invented to keep sufficient pressure on the right rudder-pedal to maintain a straight course. But, even with his rudder out of commission, a skilled pilot can manage his plane with his joy stick alone...