Word: flier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...French-Huguenot, not Irish) surges through Fechet blood. His uncle quit the U. S. Army after long service, irked with peace, and went to Egypt to fight. The nephew was elevated to the Air Service from the Cavalry where he won his spurs. Many a War and post-War flier was trained under his command at Scott, Carlstrom, Dorr and Kelly Fields. His brother officers still think he looks "like a Remington cavalryman." "Take a good look at that fighting jaw," say they...
...Said Flier Stinson, the occasion marking the second time he has held the endurance record: "Tired, yes, but happy that we were able to bring the record back to this country...
...there a cautious transatlantic flier, then his name is Capt. Hermann Koehl, pilot of this German expedition. In this same ship, the Bremen, he started for America late last summer, got over Ireland, found the hazards impossible to negotiate, and turned back home to try again some happier...
Though Lobbyist Lindbergh had invited all of Congress, only two Senators presented themselves at the field the first day ?Maine's engaging Hale and Connecticut's meticulous Bingham, who, like Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, is himself a flier...
...performed satisfactorily in every way," said Flier Kern. "On New Year's Day we crossed the Alps at the point where Austria, Italy, and Jugoslavia join, making the trip from Udine, Italy, to Vienna on schedule in spite of the fact that we were advised not to undertake it by the Italian authorities. The plane had dual controls and one of its features is that it handles so easily you could land on a dime. As a matter of fact, one time coming down unexpectedly into a bora, as the strong winds of northern Italy are called, we landed...