Word: mins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mechanical-minded young and not-so-young who fly model airplanes in tethered circles have a new mark to fly at. Last week Sherman Holt, 14, of Fayetteville, N.C. kept a model plane in the air for 8 hrs. 31 min. and 50 sec., leaving his nearest competitor more than seven hours behind...
First trial, which was at night, lasted for 3 hrs. 43 min., but was cut off after a counteroffensive by kept-awake neighbors. A good part of Fayetteville was on hand during Sherman's next flight". Every seven minutes or so, he pumped fresh gasoline into the tank. The flight would have lasted even longer if the extra gas tank had not vibrated loose. If the model had been flying in a straight line, it would have covered 257 air miles...
...Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Mexico's Dr. Rodolfo Arujo won the Tenth International Tuna Tournament for his country's team by landing the match's largest tuna, a 723-lb. bluefin, taken in 1 hr. 45 min. Next, in order of finish: Argentina, Cuba, The Netherlands. The U.S. team failed to boat a fish...
...English Channel, San Diego's Florence Chadwick, 33, swimming west to east in 14 hrs. 42 min., conquered the channel for the third time. After a four-minute rest, she waded back into the water to attempt an immediate east-to-west crossing, was stopped after 2¼ miles by cold and a school of stinging jellyfish...
Working round the clock, Ryan gets The Spirit of St. Louis built in 60 days. In the meanwhile, Flyers Clarence Chamberlin and Bert Acosta, preparing for a hop of their own, set a new endurance record, staying aloft 51 hrs. 11 min. 25 sec. Lindbergh frets, but death, accidents and delay soon begin to scratch the other entries. Two Navy pilots nose into a swamp on take-off and are killed. Chamberlin damages his Bellanca in a routine test flight. Commander Richard E. Byrd, with his Fokker and four-man crew all set, waits at Roosevelt Field for the word...