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...made their observation? while flying their Lockhead-Vega plane in a 1,200-mile sally from their base on Deception Island, situated between Antarctica and Cape Horn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wilkins' Discovery | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

There were many races, the most important of which was the non-stop transcontinental derby. Col. Arthur Goebel in a Wasp-motored Lockhead-Vega Yankee Doodle was the first to arrive. But he won no prize because he had stopped once to refuel. Even so his time from New York to Los Angeles was a record; 23 hours, 50 minutes. The other entrants in the race had been forced down. Col. William Thaw seriously injured, had said before starting on the race: "I'm fat, I'll bounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: At Mines Field | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...hold of either bowler. Robinson and Cowles alone made average scores. The fielding on both sides was very good, as is shown by the small number of byes. Tilden's bowling was very effective, and Hubbard did some very good work; while, on the Albion side, Shepard and Lockhead did great execution among the weak batsmen. In the second inning Spinney and Ames were in together, and before they were separated had scored 52; 10 on byes, a score of 14 for Ames, and 28, a score unprecedented with us, for Spinney. Curtis and Prince also did some good batting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRICKET. | 10/10/1873 | See Source »

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