Word: flew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...manufacture of the new yeast-food (TIME, Aug. 9) in a big way. The Natal sugar industry, which annually dumps 130,000 tons of unwanted molasses into the Indian Ocean, will use this by-product for the production of Torula utilis. A fortnight ago a special plane from London flew the British yeast-food culture to Capetown where a pilot-plant is now operating experimentally. Before big-scale production begins, the South African Government intends consulting the St. Louis geneticist, Dr. Carl Lindegren, on the subject of flavours...
...handsome, confident Admiral began his task last month when he flew to Chungking. He consulted with Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, bluntly asked for his advice on continental strategy, had an initial success such as no other British military leader had attained in China. Dour "Uncle Joe" Stilwell was also impressed. Stilwell will probably become deputy commander...
...lights, I suffered the worst vertigo I have ever experienced. . . . After landing, I bawled hell out of the mech in a loud voice even after he told me it wasn't his plane. Upon entering Operations, I pointed my finger at Colonel Blank, and told him I flew back alone with no instruments and never should have arrived by the books. . . . I sure was mad and I felt as though I had to tell somebody. I had a hard time keeping myself from talking long and loud. After I gave my report to Intelligence, I had a good stiff...
...Guadal, when some of the airmen were griping about the holes in the runway, Geiger walked down to an SBD (Douglas dive-bomber) spotted on the apron, climbed in. Without a single escorting fighter, the Old Man took the SBD off the flight strip, flew north to a village where the Japs were headquartered, dropped his 1,000-pounder, went home. His pilots got the idea...
...another occasion, the General was asked to loan his personal Catalina flying boat to help PT boats flush a covey of Jap ships. Geiger first refused ("Got it filled full of holes the last time you fellows flew around out there"), finally gave in. But there was a string attached. He insisted on going along as copilot...