Word: curtiss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stuck as the perfect name for a hard-bitten pilot. It helped make him a glamorous figure in the swashbuckling period of U. S. aviation. It kept alive his fame even after he was withdrawn from the field two years ago and boosted into the executive councils of Curtiss-Wright Corp. as vice president in charge of public relations...
...will match serves against S. E. Davenport '34 tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Divinity courts for the right to meet F. B. Broida 1L in the finals. Broida, second seeded man, advanced to the final bracket last week by a hard-fought victory over J. H. Curtiss 2G, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4. The final match will probably he played Thursday...
After two weeks of play in the University Tennis Tournament only four of the 107 entrants in Singles A have survived elimination. Frank Broida '32, seeded second, was the first to reach the final bracket, taking a hard-fought victory over J. H. Curtiss 2G, who was seeded fourth...
...replacing Fords with Stinsons built by its new and influential stockholder Errett Lobban Cord. United, which currently flies Fords between New York and Chicago, is getting ready to install new high-speed Boeings capable of crossing the U. S. in 24 hours. Transcontinental & Western Air is expected to patronize Curtiss-Wright, to which it is related through their mutual holding company, North American Aviation...
...flew east, got natives of Montpelier and Barre, Vt., to pay to have Oshkosh B'Gosh erased and Green Mountain Boy painted instead. He picked up a mechanic named John Bochkon, a towheaded Norwegian who used to be known as "The Swede" when he was a night watchman at Curtiss-Wright Airport, L. I. On the day The Flying Family left New York, Green Mountain Boy took off from Barre. It was refueled at Harbor Grace, N. F., roared out over the Atlantic with fuel enough for 37 hours. Two days passed, three days, four days...