Word: coruna
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that juncture Lieut. Clarence H. ("Dutch") Schildhauer, U. S. copilot, resigned. He had been loaned for the flight by Dornier Corp. of America, subsidiary of General Aviation Corp. (dominated by General Motors), which was interested in no South American flight. Dr. Claude Dornier left the craft in La Coruna, Spain and hurried to Berlin, supposedly to ask the transportation ministry to back him in the new venture. Even before he arrived, Air Director Ernst Brandenburg made known that the answer would be: "No funds available." Definite information was scanty...