Word: craft
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...address Mr. David will cover the types of aircraft used on the battle front and in the United States training camps: fighting and bombing machines, scouts, battleplanes, hydroairplanes, flying boats, seaplanes, balloons, kites and observation craft. He will also discuss the various methods of fighting, famous fighters, and changes in methods...
There are certain individuals about the University who may be practical jokers or who may have malice and craft in their makeup. We like to think the former, but not knowing who they are, it is hard to tell. One example of this "joking" is explained by the letter from the Harvard Illustrated printed below. The fraudulent use of this magazine's stationery is a criminal act. The perpetrators of this scheme had better think again before continuing their practice. Another similar instance is the receipt by the CRIMSON of two communications with the signed names of University students...
...ideal craft with which to comb submarines is now being constructed. Henry Fond, otherwise known as the manufacturer of popular automobiles, has become a ship-builder. On his ways at Detroit he has already laid the keel of a future terror of the seas. Since the Government found that Ford could turn out a most capable though small model of a normal-sized auto, it has requested him to devise a destroyer on the same principles. These boats will be completed as rapidly as possible, probably...
...Navy, in the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt's talk will include a description of the organization of the Navy Department and an explanation of the part played by navies in modern warfare. He will also comment upon the different kinds of naval craft and show the particular field covered by each...
Balloons fall into three general classes: the ordinary balloon, the kite balloon and the "blimp," or English type of lighter-than-air machine. The simple balloon is now used almost entirely for training purposes, to accustom the airmen in the handling of their craft. The type of balloon termed the "kite" is known more familiarly as the observation balloon. On the western front these airships hover over the armies, remaining in a nearly stationary position for long periods of time. They thus are poised for a fixed view of the enemy activities and can communicate movements of troops and other...