Word: flights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...routine training flight. On a sunny morning this week, the sleek T.W.A. Constellation, Star of Athens, swung low over the Brandy wine light, skimmed north up Delaware Bay. The lighthouse-keeper heard a jarring explosion, then two more. An enormous pillar of smoke shot up from the pool of gasoline flames on the water. By the time fishing boats and the Coast Guard reached the scene, all that was left of the Constellation and its four-man crew were some floating wreckage, a few bits of burned flesh and charred clothing...
With six "beautiful Rogersgirls" scheduled to give a few lucky Yardlings some new and different interpretations of an otherwise old and basic maneuver, amateur beauty will be on its mettle tomorrow. Strong contingents from Radcliffe, Wellesley, Simmons, and assorted other female institutions promise a flight to the finish...
...minutes behind schedule, but after a speedy 33-hour flight, the C-54 touched down on runway 36, turned into the taxiway and braked to a brisk stop. The door opened and Secretary of State George Marshall stepped out-back from Moscow...
...came-Vassar and Yale sent three apiece, and Wellesley supplied a small brunette and a big blonde-that the conference had to be moved from the New Republic's library to the subscription counter one flight up. Haggard-looking Wallace, in red diamond-patterned necktie and blue suite, leaned up against the counter, perspiring freely, and answered questions for the better part of an hour...
...Reynolds is a shrewd salesman who will go to any lengths to publicize his ball-point pens. Last week, he went about as far as he could go-around the world, faster than anyone had ever gone before. As an advertising and promotional stunt, Milt Reynolds' record-breaking flight was well worth the $175,000 it cost. As a flying feat of luck and endurance, it was even more notable...