Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Plymouth, Vt., is circulating literature to prove that the President is a real dirt farmer. One Tuttle, President of the Club, said: "We are sending out literature and stories about the farm life of Calvin Coolidge and his ancestry. We are trying to prove to the farmers throughout the land that President Coolidge is a real dirt farmer, as were his father and his grandfather before him. And the best thing about it is that it is not bunk but the simple truth...
...fuselage rests solidly on a metal pontoon, and with the landing gear drawn up, the craft is a seaplane. But let the pilot press on a button, and a small electric motor, driven by a storage battery, releases landing wheels at the side of the pontoon, draws them out and downward and in eleven seconds the craft is a land plane. In the first tests the amphibian made 30 landings alternately on land and water without a hitch...
...trial proceedings. The public was further surprised, further gratified when the Tribune editors took counsel over this rebuff, recovered their poise, came out with an open confession of the journalistic soul and a sincere proposal for reform that would have done credit to the most reputable paper in the land...
...tests of a "ghost plane" which will fly pilotless 100 miles out of sight and rain death on enemy armies and cities in the next war. A gyroscopic stabilizer re- places the pilot for the maintenance of equilibrium.' Wireless guides the plane at will and makes it land precisely at a given spot, however far away from the point of control. The discharge of powerful bombs will also be controlled by wireless. Similar experiments are being conducted in England...
...time, records the progress of the flight since the take-off on Mar. 9, and gives the complete itinerary projected for the last lap. The most hazardous point in the entire schedule is the stop in Greenland. Naval officers expressed apprehension as to the ability of the airmen to land on the ice with pontoons. Ice conditions are to be feared, as it will be impossible for the Navy to afford protection for the last 150 miles of the trip...