Word: hrs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...motored to an airplane, flew to New York, waited for the winner. From Albany to Manhattan the Hudson River measures 132¼ mi. Railroad trains cover the distance in three hours. By air it takes 90 min. The winner of last week's outboard motorboat race took 3 hrs. 36 min. 40 sec. When the yellow boat with its Johnson D motor reached 152nd St., Commodore Eldridge fired another pistol and black-mustached Jacob Dunnell of Boston had broken a record for the Albany-New York course. His average speed was 37.4 m. p. h. Honors in last week...
...across the English Channel (21 miles). If and when the much-bruited Channel tunnel (TIME, April 8) is built, people will be able to train-ride across or even walk. But only two men have ever pedalled across the Channel. Hydrocyclist Rene Savard,in 1927, crossed in 7 hrs. 13 min. and last week Raoul Vincent, pumping patiently at the pedals that made his paddles go, got across in "record" time: 5 hrs...
...fought scamp training schools. Obvious reason: poorly trained pilots endanger life and property, in the air, on the ground. Last week, Assistant Secretary William Patterson MacCracken approved a set of regulations stiffening the requirements for Government licenses, which now stand as follows: For Private License. On the ground, 5 hrs. study of air commerce regulations, 10 hrs. of aviation engine study, 10 hrs. of airplane study (rigging, maintenance, repair). In the air, 10 hrs. dual instruction, 8 hrs. solo flying. For Limited Commercial License. On the ground, 15 hrs. study of engines, 15 hrs. of planes, 15 hrs. aerial navigation...
...Three lase hits Woods, Donaghy. Prior Stolen bases Rocker, Rigsbec, Blesh. Tickner Gilligan, McGrath, Batchelder Struck cut by Whitmore 8, by Lipp 5. Passes on balls Whitmore 4. Lipp 3. Wild pitch Lipp. Passed ball Oliver. Double play Whitmore, Donaghy, Prior, and Donaghy Umpires. Stafford and Halloran. Time 2 hrs...
Twenty hours would be a feat indeed. The present record is 15½ hrs., made by a German. Germans have mounted 2,500 ft., have traveled 42 mi. in gliders. They have glider clubs at practically all universities. Each year the clubs hold a grand rodeo over the rolling hills of Wasser-kuppe, near Frankfort-am-Main. German flying organizations require that their pilots be graduates of flying schools. There is a Deutscher und Segelfluguerband and a special periodical, Flugsport...