Word: dives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Devilish when they dive, plucking of tense stays...
...last things Test Pilot James H. ("Jimmy") Collins did before his final, fatal power dive was to list the crack U.S. test pilots. High on his list was Lee Gehlbach of Great Lakes Aircraft Corp., whom Collins rated "one of the ablest in the field" (TIME, April 1). Few weeks ago able Pilot Gehlbach announced he would take Jimmy Collins' risky place testing a new Navy fighter for Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. at Farmingdale...
...last job for Great Lakes was testing a new "torpedo type" plane designed for the Navy. Month ago he dived the wings off it over Ohio, jumped 8,000 ft. with his parachute. Last fortnight he went to work for Grumman at Farmingdale, still wearing bandages from the head injuries he received in bailing out. Early one morning he took the stubby X-737 up 25,000 ft., dived and stunted it for six hours while hundreds of spectators alternately cheered and held their breath. When he came down after the last dive he told observers he "wasn...
...actuate the controls and set tiny lights flashing if the the cockpit. The model's ingenious efforts to recover from the spin began in orthodox fashion, with reverse rudder. Simultaneously, a green light flashed. Then a red light flashed, and the flippers flopped down for the nose dive and pullout...
...owned by John Pesek. Ed McGinnis of Miami paid a reputed $1,000 for Rhu, got $600 back next day when Rhu won the Futurity. In the Derby, Gangster easily took the lead from his co-finalist, Sunny Sahara, reached the rabbit four lengths ahead. He missed on the dive and Sahara made the kill, but judges gave the cup to Gangster. Third place in the Derby went to another of Gangster's progeny. Shadow Son of Gangster. Proud John Pesek promptly planned to up Gangster's stud fee, once...