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...Wolff especially to honor the White Star Line. She understood that they were going to build the largest ocean liner in the world, the gargantuan Oceanic of 60,000 tons. Graciously and with appropriate pomp Princess Mary inaugurated work on the Oceanic's 1,000-ft. backbone, or keel...
When the keel of a mighty ship is laid with the help of the British King-Emperor's only daughter, Princess Mary, loyal Britons are in a mood to demand that that ship must be completed, come what...
With the Bremen sliding eastward intent on breaking her own record, rival steamship lines talked speed, planned competition. The White Star Line announced revised plans for the 60,000 ton Oceanic, whose keel, half laid, lies rusting in a Belfast yard. The U. S. Lines, freed somewhat of the shackles of Prohibition, planned two super-Leviathans to steam 32 knots (38 m.p.h.). Similar detailed announcements came from the Cunard and Italian lines...
...skilled hands, but foolproof under all kinds of conditions. Such a plane must be able to land slowly, take off quickly, climb steeply, glide either at flat or steep angles and remain under control at all speeds and altitudes, even though weather conditions prevent the pilot keeping on even keel...
...wing reaches the stalling angle, the auxiliary flaps up and suddenly presents a new surface to the wind. The wind also rushes through the space between the auxiliary and main wings. The result is that the plane is simultaneously supported at its sharp angle and thrust toward a level keel. The plane does not! drop under conditions where standard ones would...