Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tight-lipped Imperial officials refused to tell reporters whether the Cavalier's, engines had carburetor heaters. Little better off than newsmen was the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority, which didn't know either. Under a reciprocal agreement, Imperial's planes are checked for airworthiness by Britain's Air Ministry at Bermuda. Pan American Airways planes, which ply the same route, are checked by CAA inspectors at Port Washington...
...know about speeds above 400 miles an hour," ruefully admitted the Army's greying Early-Bird pilot. "We are told that engines in the wings will deliver 30% more power at speeds over 300 miles an hour, and we ought to find that out, because we could use that added horsepower in more speed...
...nation that does know about speeds above 400 miles an hour, and well the Air Corps chief knows it, is Germany. Germany knows the advantages of streamlining engines into wings, and has the engines to do it. German designers already have their eyes set and their designing tools working for a speed of 500 miles an hour. Already its sleek Heinkel 112-U has hit 440 m.p.h. in level flight, and its Messerschmitt log is only a little slower...
...story of the Gunthers is wholly symbolic. Real hero of the play is the American outlook, its love of enterprise and liberty. This is an inspiring theme. But working crudely, emotionally, in headlines, Kaufman & Hart over-sentimentalize their theme. Canny showmen, they know that if, as Dr. Johnson said, patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is also one of the first salvations of a box office; that mother love and dying for one's country are not only the stuff of great art but also the surefire cliches of popular entertainment; that a cavalcade...
...Well," the voice replied, after a bit of deliberation, "it's all right to say 'H' if I don't know what it means...