Word: crash
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Captain Robert Oldys was another witness. He told of the death of his commanding officer, Major Harley Wheeler, in a crash at Hawaii. Major Wheeler told him a few minutes before his fatal flight that he had been "bawled out" by Colonel Chamberlain, Chief of Staff of the Hawaiian Department, because so many machines had been smashed. Major Wheeler took the air; at 200 feet his engine stopped; instead of trying to save himself, he tried to save the plane. He was burned to a crisp when he was found...
...guise of a mysterious chamber lined with ancient plates, one of which falls whenever a lie is told. It would be interesting to test that room by discussing last night's show inside it. The strong suspicion is that almost every favorable comment would be drowned by the crash of shattering china...
...Until we crash through and score...
Experience indicates that failure statistics are apt to run behind the general business cycle rather than with or before it. This is because insolvencies can usually be delayed some time after a crash in business. For the same reason, light failure-statistics necessarily indicate past rather than present prosperity...
While so many Italians thus took themselves with deadly seriousness, an Italian naval seaplane (the adjective is not redundant) skimmed the upper surface of the Mediterranean off Spezia. An Italian submarine skimmed the under surface, only the top of its periscope showing. With a splintering crash, periscope met plane. The aviators somersaulted unhurt into the sea. The submarine commander, quickly bringing his craft to the surface, joined his crew in smiling broadly. The accident is thought to be unique. A tourist arriving at Geneva from Italy, last week, is reported to have brought with him a Fascist pamphlet filled catechismwise...