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...starter was the Lockheed monoplane Fort Worth, a white ship like the world-circling Winnie Mae but with a Wright motor of only 220 h. p. The pilots: Reginald L. Robbins, a Texas farmboy who taught himself to fly several years ago and in 1929 took the endurance record away from the Army's Question Mark (TIME, June 3, 1929); and Harry S. Jones, bachelor sportsman and promoter who had handled the refuelling plane for that endurance flight. Practiced in the tricks of refuelling in midair, Robbins & Jones decided not to try to force an overloaded plane into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Unwieldly Suckling | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

DEVIL'S HOLIDAY-A Chicago manicurist takes a farmboy for a buggy ride (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: Jun. 23, 1930 | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

DEVIL'S HOLIDAY?A Chicago manicurist takes a farmboy for a buggy ride (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Jun. 16, 1930 | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

DEVIL'S HOLIDAY?A Chicago manicurist takes a farmboy for a buggy ride (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Jun. 9, 1930 | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

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