Word: hops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flight to the Orient. They said goodbyes at Washington, New York, and at the estate of Father-in-Law Morrow at North Haven, Me., where they left Baby Charles Augustus ("Eaglet") Jr. Then they turned their low-wing Lockheed-Sirius, with its gasoline-laden pontoons, north to Canada. The hop to Ottawa was simple, gave Co-Pilot Anne Morrow Lindbergh opportunity to practice radio communication with the Pan-American Airways base near New York. West of Ottawa the pair had their first look at the wilderness over which they must fly on most of their course. Followed by flying newshawks...
...most celebrated real ones: the late Nick Forzelli, son of a Syrian hop-seller, who once bet $327,000 on a horse to win, was reputed to have won and lost $1,000,000 three times in his career; Nick ("The Greek") Dandolas, craps, lowball and faro player, friend of Jack Dempsey...
...Otto Hillig and a youthful Danish farmer-turned-aviator named Holger Hoiriss flew in a Bellanca last week from New York to St. John, N. B.?and the 1931 season of transatlantic flying was officially opened. They settled down to await another break in the weather for their hop to Denmark; in Hillig's words, "just a couple of immigrants going home." Few days after the "immigrants" start, beauteous Socialite Ruth Nichols followed in her fast Lockheed. Forced to land into the setting sun at the St. John airport and partially blinded by the glare. Miss Nichols overshot...
...Africa, whither the boat bestirred itself a month ago. was made in three jumps: a short one to the Cape Verde Islands where it remained nearly a week; a long and creditable one (1,400 mi.) to Fernando Noronha Island, 200 mi. off the Brazilian mainland: and an easy hop to Natal, strategic point for many a transatlantic flight. Besides Capt. Friedrich Christiansen the DO-X carried twelve persons, including the Portuguese Admiral Gago Coutinho...
...sport has grown so that there were 150 frogs assembled, of all types, all sizes. The rules allowed the owners to place their entries on a line, say "Go!", make them hop three times. Only other rule: Each frog might be shaken to insure against the traditional buckshot...