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Word: lenier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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Beer Preferred. Soon after the airplane St. Didier passed the North African coast in an attempted speed flight from France to Madagascar its wireless called for help. Forced down somewhere in the vast Sahara, the flyers. Jean Reginensi, Robert Lenier, Joseph Touge, were unhurt but thirsty. Rescue planes began hunting, but the stranded flyers could not state their location. For three days the crew continued to flash piteous accounts of their increasing thirst. In return they received messages of love from their families, advice to burn their oil and even their plane as a signal to searchers. On the third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Flights & Flyers, Feb. 15, 1932 | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

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