Word: lieut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expedition, who was forced to retire because of an attack of malaria (TIME, June 16) rode out of Darjelling and met the returning party several miles in the country. When the party reached the town, Lady Lytton and her guests gave it a handsome welcome. Gen. Bruce and Lieut. Col. Norton settled down to wind up the affairs of the expedition before returning to Calcutta...
...last of a series of articles for the London Times, Lieut. Col. Norton discussed several questions...
...Hurlingham, English polo Mecca, two factions grumbled at each other over the choice of a British team. Keenness to snare the Cup roused their feelings. Then announcement was made: Maj. T. W. Kirkwood or Lieut.-Col. T. P. Melvill, No. 1; Maj. G. H. Phipps-Horneby, No. 2; Maj. F. B. Hurndall, No. 3; Louis Lacey, back. Alternate No. 2 or 3, Maj. E. G. Atkinson. Alternate back, Maj. Vivian Lockett...
...Lieut. Oakley Kelly, he once flew across the U. S. in a 26-hour non-stop flight, With Kelly he established the world's endurance record, flying over Dayton for 34 hours. Officially Frenchman Lecointe still holds the world's altitude record, but on his last attempt to beat this Macready's barograph registered 43,000 feet and when he landed stiff and frost-bitten from the intense cold many experts were of the opinion that he had actually gone higher than the Frenchman. In addition to a few other records, he has the reputation of being...
Piloting the Belgica, Lieut. Ernest de Muyter of the Belgian Army, won the James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy for the third time. The cup has now become his permanent property. Leaving Brussels, de Muyter landed at St. Albans Head on the English Chan nel after more than 48 hours in the air ; he had covered the comparatively short distance of 475 miles. Much longer flights have been accomplished in previous races, with over 1,100 miles as the world's record balloon flight. This - the 13th contest - was marked by none of the terrible accidents of last year, when...