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Word: klingensmiths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...turning pylon, then somehow got another idea and wandered off across country. Others mistook smokestacks for pylons, some found themselves on the 5-mile and 10-mile courses. One zoomed far aloft, another popped up from behind a grandstand. The only one to fly the prescribed route, Miss Florence Klingensmith, was timed at 59 m.p.h., made two extra laps before officials could signal her down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: The Races (Cont'd) | 9/12/1932 | See Source »

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