Search Details

Word: gft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Puffin's maiden flight last fall, Wimpenny's legs churned bicycle pedals that turned both the main landing-gear wheel and the gft. propeller attached to the plane's tail. Puffin stayed aloft for less than a minute. Not until spring did Wimpenny manage a 993-yd. flight, and even then his aircraft could not make the required figure-eight turns. Said Wimpenny last week as he waited for calm weather so that he could try again: "We can now turn Puffin right 'round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Pedal Pushers | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | Next