Word: cols
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reporters at Valbuena Field, Mexico City, knew that a colossal story was coming their way-in fact, well nigh into their laps. They could see it clearly in the air, for there was the Travel-Air cabin monoplane City of Wichita, in which could only be Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his fiancee, Anne Spencer Morrow. It was apparent, from the gestures of the figure at the cabin window and from the naked axle on the right-hand side of the landing gear, that the Colonel had lost a wheel. It was a story with a hundred possible endings...
Somersault. Col. Lindbergh circled above the field several times, making preparations. Exactly what went on in the cabin is not known. But the windows were put down to avoid flying glass, and Col. Lindbergh undoubtedly packed cushions around Miss Morrow. According to one plausible report, he said to her: "When we land, we'll overturn. Don't be afraid...
...Col. Lindbergh's right shoulder, dislocated five years ago in a parachute jump, was redislocated. Miss Morrow, though badly shaken, was uninjured...
...Augustus." Col. Lindbergh said: "It was a mishap, not an accident." Miss Morrow, perhaps without realizing it, gave out a long-sought-after titbit of news when she said: "Augustus will speak...
Cotter Pin. The cause of the accident was narrowed down to a cotter pin, which one of the mechanics at Valbuena Field had forgotten to replace after greasing the landing wheels that morning. The wheel, Col. Lindbergh said, fell off after a stop for luncheon...