Word: fayal
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...fleet, though he had come as near as nothing to it; this voyage he swore he would do it. And he was going strong, with good winds, when one foggy night a steamer rammed him. Only one boatload got away before the Blackganntlet sank. Nearest port was at Fayal in the Azores, 700 miles away; Officer Trewsbury thought they had a fair chance of making it till he discovered how much of their boat's stores were ruined or missing. Then there was nothing for it but to keep going as long as they could. Luckily...
...first major mishap had come at Roosevelt Dam; a bystander's careless match that burned up his ship. Then he came down at sea, had to be towed for seven days into Fayal. Now came worse. Some say it was the House of Savoy, angered because he dared court Princess Giovanna (today Queen of Bulgaria). Some say it was Italo Balbo, jealous of de Pinedo's acclaim. Some say it was because de Pinedo "forgot" about a half-million-lire fund raised for him by Italo-Americans to buy a new plane. Italo's hero was suddenly...
...flagship of the United States scouting fleet stationed in the Atlantic. This ship will carry members of the Harvard and Northwestern Naval Science units. The cruise leaves Boston on Saturday, June 21, and will take three weeks, returning about July 10. The ship will stop for three days at Fayal, in the island of Horta, in the Azores...
...taken up in various ways. There will be regular periods of study, which will involve the investigation of the several departments of the ship, including those devoted to engineering, gunnery, and navigation. Also, a small amount of time will be spent on the construction and repair department. At Fayal, those on the cruise will have an opportunity for shore leaves...
Horta, port of the Island of Fayal in the Azores, can hardly be called a port, although it has a thriving farming and fishing population. Steamships send in loads of travelers by lighter, but ships of the air have found it a port of great value. Since May 1919, when the NC-4, U. S. flying boat, boomed proudly in from the first crossing of the Atlantic, many flyers have used it as a real or potential haven. The German ZR-3, now the Los Angeles, flew over it. The Graf Zeppelin flew over it. It forms an ideal hopping...