Word: flights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unit at Bermuda, twelve seaplanes and 60 privately owned ships had failed to discover the Curlew, the U. S. Navy Department ordered U. S. S. Akron, world's largest airship, to join the hunt. The Akron flew to Bermuda and back without success, was preparing to make another flight when word came last week that the Curlew had been found by the Coast Guard cutter Marion. She was 80 mi. east of Nantucket, about 112 mi. further from Bermuda than at the start of the race. She was proceeding toward the Bronxonia Yacht Club...
Many Navy men dislike formal "last cruises" or "last flights" of craft about to be taken out of service. They are supposed to be unlucky. The L. A. landed for the last time at 6:24 a. m. June 25. She was scheduled for a final flight June 27 but did not leave her hangar. Reason given: bad weather...
From the trans-Atlantic flight of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith in a Fokker plane, Fokker Aircraft Corp. got certain publicity. Last week the company found the publicity had cost $16,454, scarcely a bargain...
Despite its claim that the pressagent had no authority to charge the merchandise, Fokker Corp. was ordered to pay, with interest. In course of the trial a Fokker officer testified that the company had contributed $5,000 to the backing of the flight, only to learn that impetuous Anton Hermann Gerhard ("Uncle Tony") Fokker, who resigned from the company last year, had promised the flyers $10,000. "Mr. Fokker's promise aroused considerable controversy among our officers. We did not feel that he had any authority to make the promise and we didn't think we got value...
...Last week the Graf Zeppelin made her 251st flight; Dr. Eckener took her over England. She has flown 261,000 mi., has carried 16,000 passengers...