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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these names, the historical roster of aviation, President Coolidge led up to his tribute to the Wright Brothers, in an address to the 125 delegates at the International Civil Aeronautics Conference (see p. 23), which President Coolidge had called to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wrights' first flight at Kitty Hawk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

...insisted on leading a fleet of welcoming planes into Colon Bay. Overeager to alight, he pitched into the water. Last week his Ricaurte was not yet repaired. The U.S. War Department offered him an Army plane wherewith to complete his voyage. Said Lt. Benny, sharply aware of his flight's significance to his native Colombia: "It was very considerate. However, I shall finish my trip in my own plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights, Flyers: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Wave-Riding Romar. Waves, 12 to 16 feet high, curvetted over each other as the huge German Rohrbach seaplane Romar roared over them in fractious test flight last week. The Rotnar alighted, ploughed through the flapping crests, took to the sprayed air again. The test of her seaworthiness was satisfactory, pleasing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights, Flyers: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Divorced. Ruth Elder, famed aviatrix; by Lyle Womack, of Balboa, C.Z., who charged cruelty. Example: when Aviatrix Elder returned from her trans-Atlantic flight she refused to kiss him, said "Don't be a damned fool." Husband Womack is now with the Byrd expedition. Said she, in Hollywood: "I still love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

...great loggerhead turtle is posed in frantic flight in an exhibition case of Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History. Its neck is stretched far forward; its flippers beat the water; its runty tail sticks straight out behind. Driving after the turtle are several varieties of sharks-leathery bodies, cold, piggish eyes, blunt snouts all straining towards the prey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fishes, Lions | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

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