Word: gears
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fattest prize of the meet, the Col. E. H. R. Green "$6,500 trophy" plus $300 cash for planes of 125 h. p. or less, was won by Roy Liggett of Wichita. In a tiny red Cessna with clipped wings and retractable landing gear he easily led the field around the triangular course at 194 m.p.h. The Curtiss Trophy, for planes of 500 to 800 cu. in. piston displacement, went also to a Cessna flown by Alton B. Sherman of Hyannis, Mass...
...first things one notices about the new Dodge are its over-sized (16 in. by 6 in.) Air Wheel Tires, for which the steering gear has been redesigned...
Planes in the fuselage class are larger than R. O. G.'s but not scale models of full-sized airplanes. They have no landing gear, are launched from the hand. Winner was John Zaic, 18, of Manhattan, with a flight of 6 min. 57 sec. Goldberg finished fourth...
...with a long banner lettered GRIT. Each cherub has a quill pen behind his ear. Around the shoulders of one is slung a pastepot. The other carries a pair of shears. Strewn about the background are stacks of books, a globe, a telescope on a tripod, a gear wheel and an anvil (presumably symbolizing business & industry...
...fighting craft. One important function to which the Corsair is specially adapted is catapulting from battleships and light cruisers, a maneuver in which the U. S. Navy has always surpassed foreign forces. A reason for U. S. superiority is its development of the single-float type of seaplane gear, as in the Corsair. Foreign seaplanes are usually of the twin-float type which, if strong enough to withstand the shock of catapulting, lacks speed and maneuverability in air. The Corsair shipped to Britain last week lacked the Navy's catapult attachments and had an outmoded machine-gun mount. Reason...