Word: lebrix
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...weary metal bird, singing a slow song. The wheels rolled over the ground quickly, then slowly. The wheels stopped, the propeller stopped its slow spinning, and the two men got out of their airplane. Both of them were smiling. "Costes!'' yelled the people in the crowd. "Lebrix . . . Lebrix. . . ." Then they ran and lifted the men on their shoulders and carried them off the field...
...wooden table. A French notary legalized the record by stamping the Republic's seal upon the table. When the U. S. record of 1,093 loops in six hours was passed the crowd cheered as Frenchmen cheer champions. A Hispano-Suiza motor, the make used by Costes and Lebrix, and a Morane plane endured the strain...
...have found a general feeling of apprehension for the safety of Colonel Lindbergh, not only among non-fliers but in conversation with experienced aviators. At the recent Washington dinner to the French good-will fliers, Costes and Lebrix, Colonel Lindbergh's flights over Central and South American jungles were the subject of conversation, and it was the consensus that he should quit that sort of thing...
...Into the President's study marched French Ambassador Claudel with two young men, one black-haired, sleek and wiry, the other burlier, rougher of hair, braver of necktie. They were the far-flown Lindberghs of France, Lieutenant Dieudonne* Costes and Lieut.-Commander Joseph Lebrix, just in from Paris via Africa, South America, Mexico, New Orleans and Montgomery, Ala. They had covered 22,843 mi. and, after handshaking and photography on the South Lawn, they soon hopped off again for Manhattan, whence they thought they might fly to San Francisco before going home. Said Flier Lebrix: "We do not want...
Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix dropped out of the sky and added the keys of the city of New Orleans to their watch chains. Famed flyers, they have finally worked northward to the U. S. From France across the South Atlantic, up through South America, they have been spreading the gospel of French goodwill. Via Pensacola, Fla., they aim for Manhattan. Thence, given good luck, they will complete an immense wandering with a non-stop flight to Paris...