Word: flights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sirs : At a large gathering here a friend said he was sure the Hughes flight proved something -just what it was he thought the Editor of TIME might reveal. Will you tell me who put up the money...
...Flying Governor George Howard Earle of Pennsylvania went up one soupy morning on a solo flight in a Waco cabin plane belonging to the State, could not find a hole to descend through, finally cracked up on the campus of a school for orphan girls. Results: 1) Colonel Camille Vinet, chief of the State's Aeronautics Bureau, grounded Student Earle for two weeks, 2) Citizen Earle promised to pay his State a $2,000 repair bill, 3) a prominent New Deal Governor very nearly made a sudden exit from the political scene...
...last week with skilled physicians from Harley and Wimpole Streets, earnest young medical students, smart socialites. Defendant in the case, charged with performing an abortion on a 14-year-old girl who was seven weeks with child, was a lean, greying, studious man, Dr. Aleck William Bourne, 52, top-flight gynecologist and obstetrician...
...maximum performance down the two most desirable paths, forward to the next destination, back to the last point of departure. With the beam so concentrated, the 100-watt main transmitter's effective power swelled to 250 watts. When sending to a station out of the direct line of flight, reeling in the antenna changed the beam's direction. For a long antenna wire sends short-wave signals in directions close to its own line; a short wire fires the signals broadside. A rigorous test of this transmitter was one of the chief purposes of the flight. It stood...
...receiving end, NBC, CBS, MBS pricked up their radio ears, stayed on the air all night, vied for scoops. CBS estimated total costs for its coverage of the flight between $15,000 and $20,000. NBC made an estimate of $12,000, not including talent costs for sustaining programs between Hughesflashes. MBS did the job for $1,500, playing records during the spare time...