Word: crashing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, in appreciation of the spirit of the eight passengers, none of whom brought damage suits, and of the help given by Port Jervis, Eastern Air Lines held the world's first air crash reunion,* invited all concerned to the company's annual dinner in Manhattan. Six passengers showed up, as did 36 citizens of Port Jervis, including the mayor, police chief, forest ranger and county treasurer. Only one rescuer failed to appear-recluse Thomas Lyman. Found at his lonely cabin tending his only cow, he disconsolately refused because "She's a good...
Parents who worry over the fragility of children could draw comfort last week over the hardihood of Benidict Kampa of Whitehall, Wis. Just out of a hospital, Benidict was making a nice recovery after an automobile crash which tore out 4½ inches of his skull. In 1931, 4-year-old Benidict was horribly scorched when a kettle of boiling water upset on his head. In 1929, 2-year-old Benidict tripped into a hay chute, fell onto a cow, had his throat punctured by the animal's horns...
...Before he could get his bearings, the pilot scraped his wing on a fir tree, smacked full tilt into the side of Mont du Beaujolais, killed everyone but the radioman, who crawled two miles through the snow for help. To England the news was as shocking as the crash of the China Clipper would...
Pilot error occurred in almost every crash, according to FORTUNE'S investigation into official and final Department oi Commerce reports and according to the lines' own findings. Example: the pilot was thrust into an unnecessarily dangerous situation by faulty dispatching (once), radio troubles (often) or bad weather forecasting (often). No crash of a scheduled plane in recent years has been due to structural failure of the plane itself. No one has ever proved that a radio beam has failed, but any map of the radio ranges shows that many more are needed...
...witness in their behalf, drawing from energetic Assistant U. S. Attorney William Power Maloney a challenge as to his economic competency. Mr. Fisher, he told the jury, was a "dusty old academic," "a slightly befuddled expert." Shown news stories of Roger Ward Babson's prediction of the 1929 crash, which were publicly pooh-poohed by Mr. Fisher at the time, the white-goateed old Professor declared...