Word: flew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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passed his tests for U. S. citizenship at Morristown, N. J. Meantime, Stratospherist Piccard flew from Zurich to Paris in an airplane, his first plane flight, complained of the bumpy air of low altitudes...
...From St. John, N. B. to Armonk, N.Y. flew Clarence Duncan Chamberlin. Strapped to a stretcher in the cabin was his friend and pupil Ruth Nichols whose back was injured in the crash that ended her attempt of a transatlantic flight (TIME, June 29). Prior to fetching Miss Nichols, Flyer Chamberlin had taken his Crescent monoplane to Floyd Bennett Airport, New York City, hung out a sign coaxing joy-hoppers to "fly with a pilot who flew the Atlantic," promising an autograph on every ticket. Immediately Roosevelt Flying Corp. hired Roger Q. Williams, just released from "alimony" jail, made...
...Department of Commerce for "poor judgment" in her autogiro crackup (TIME, June 22), her husband's publishing company (Brewer, Warren & Putnam) brought out the first book written by Capt. Frank Monroe Hawks. Last week Capt. Hawks returned from Europe, unloaded his plane from the steamer at Quebec, flew it off the pier...
...East St. Louis, Ill. Major James H. ("Jimmy") Doolittle flew the wings off a new plane of his own design in which he hoped to break the world speed record of 278 m. p. h. for land planes. Few days later he announced that "Mrs. Doolittle has made up our mind" that he will quit racing because of "my advanced years...
...Graf Zeppelin flew from Friedrichshafen to Iceland and back as practice for its Arctic cruise late this month...