Word: flew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Guggenheim Bros. Although many rumors flew wild during the "then disturbed stock market situation," announcement that the Guggenheims had participated in the Consortium came as a surprise to Wall Street. The chief Guggenheim companies, and the ones to whose aid they probably came, are American Smelting & Refining, and Kennecott Copper...
...fire truck got ready for action. Then the plane appeared. Although the officials waved a red flag, Mr. Hammill paid no heed to ground demonstrations. He brought his plane down for a three point landing. The useless right wheel dug into the ground, and the ship's tail flew up. She ground-looped around to the right, on her wing and her nose, then burst into flames. The chemical truck swung into action, extinguished the fire. The couple was helped out unhurt, shaken up, and grateful for Mr. Montgomery's forethought...
Duration with weight; distance with weight: Dieudonne Costes and Paul Codos, in one flight, over Marseilles, flew 2,048 mi., in 18 hr. 1 min. with one gross ton of cargo in a Brequet with Hispano-Suiza motor...
Speed with weight: Lee Schoenhair, at Jacksonville, Fla., flew in a Lockheed Vega (Pratt & Whitney Wasp motor), with 500 kilograms added weight; 100 kilometers at 185.4 m.p.h.: 500 kilometers at 171.2 m. p. h.; 1,000 kilometers at 152.7 m. p. h. Also flew with 1,000 kilograms added weight; 100 kilometers at 175.9 m. p. h.; 500 kilometers at 168.1 m. p. h.; 1,000 kilometers...
...Police, prison guards, still tense from a frightful, abortive prison rebellion last year (TIME, Aug. 5), believed that some powerful gang was attempting to drop firearms within the prison yard to incite another riot. Machine guns and rifles were turned on the plane to no effect. Curiosity satisfied, Bittner flew away...