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According to a letter printed for the first time in the current Atlantic Monthly, Bicycle Shop Proprietor Wilbur Wright wrote to his father (on Sept. 3, 1900) that he was going to a place called Kitty Hawk, N.C., to try a little experiment: "It is my belief that flight is possible and . . . I think there is a slight possibility of achieving fame and fortune from...
...were plenty of other cars at prices more in line with the U.S. family budget. The Rootes group, one of the "big six" British manufacturers and a big exporter to the U.S. and Canada, sent a slick five-passenger Hillman Minx convertible ($1,745), and a four-cylinder Humber Hawk sedan ($1,997) that came close to looking like...
...Babcock of the Maintenance Department have been unfair to a superb creature when you refer to the Memorial Hall pigeon-killer as a "huge chicken hawk." Leaving aside the fact there is no recognized species of "chicken hawk," this particular bird is a Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum), the American version of the falcon, traditionally used for hunting...
Your concepts of "huge" differ radically from those of most people: the male Duck Hawk is 18 inches in length, the female 19, with a wingspread of 40 to 46 inches. The Duck Hawk, credited with the aviary speed record of 175 m.p.h., kills by "stooping" at its victim and striking it in mid-air with great force. They have been known to kill birds as large as the Canada Goose (length...
...observations lead me to believe that there are two Duck Hawk on Mem Hall, a falcon (female) and a tercelet (male). They spend a good deal of time around Jefferson as well as pigeons, a fact which should weigh in their favor. Incidentally, there was a Duck Hawk around during the entire time of the Great Owl Episode last year...