Word: flew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, mother of glamor girl Gloria Jr. and twin sister of England's Lady Furness, flew home from England with glad tidings of London. Reported mink-coated Mrs. Vanderbilt: "The people are brave and are taking it beautifully. Nobody dresses formally...
Then, her shopping bag full, Mme. Lazareff flew back to Paris. Now that
...daredevil, not-so-young Britons flew faster last week than men had ever flown before in level flight. At Herne Bay, England, a Gloster Meteor jet plane, piloted by Group Captain H. J. ("Willie") Wilson, 37, of the R.A.F. made four 70-mile runs at an average speed of 606 miles per hour.-In the same type of plane, Eric Greenwood, 38, of the Gloster Aircraft Co. flew nearly as fast. For a while Greenwood thought he had the record. When photographic timing showed him beaten, he was ready with the British sportsman's typical comment: "Really? Good...
Both pilots were taking risks: they flew at a dangerously low altitude, and 606 m.p.h. is well above the critical speed which has carried many a pilot to his death. Modern jet engines have plenty of power to push a plane still faster. But the properties of the air itself discourage highspeed flight...
...ever had in the Army." By the end of the present semester, most of the homeward-bound G.I.s for whom it was intended will be "in the pipeline" towards home, and B.A.U. is scheduled to close its ornate doors. Last week its Army boss, Brigadier General Paul W. Thompson, flew from Europe to Washington to plead that it be kept open for U.S. occupation troops in Europe. Even if it meant two months off from their soldiering, he said, it would be worth...