Word: minning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Winkle Bird - and flew past him again, again, again. She was willing to do that all night, for she was trying for a new woman's solo record. The old record, made by one Bobby Trout on New Year's Day in California, was 12 hr., n min. After several hours, Miss Smith began to sing - every song she could remember. That was not insouciance at the moon's stare but a way of keeping warm and awake. By and by the moon set. After 13 hr., 16 min., 45 sec. in the air alone, Record-Holder...
...pound class: H. G. Henchel '30 defeated Arthur Klein '32, by a fall in 7 min...
...pound class: D. J. Orgain '31 defeated W. W. Mein '32, by fall in 9 min...
...pound class: C. G. Chase '30 defeated Chibas (T), by fall in 7 min...
...tribute to specialists. The names form an epitome of air adventure. Capt. Arturo Ferrarin of Italy, his fel lows believe, accomplished the best feat of the year. With Major Carlo Delprete, he flew non-stop from Rome to Port Natal, Brazil, 4,417 miles in 51 hr. 59 min. Capt. Ferrarin's predecessor, in 1927, was of course Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh - New York-Paris, 3,600 miles, 33 hr. 30 min., all alone...