Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Street cars in New York make nine miles an hour; those of London, ten. Though the speed limit of New York is 15 miles to London's 12, New York motor buses run at five miles between 31st and 72nd Streets; between 57th and 135th Streets at 11 miles. In London buses do seven miles per hour in the Strand and ten miles on "the comparatively empty" Bayswater Road...
...Coast-to-coast" and now "Gulf to Canada." Lieutenant Harrison G. Crocker left Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, early one morning and reached Self ridge Field, Michigan, the evening of the same day, after 11 hours 54 minutes flight, covering 1,-400 miles in his solitary trip. Liberty motor and De Haviland plane functioned perfectly. The pilot flew low because of low-lying clouds and sometimes almost grazed the treetops. Apart from the added proof of airplane endurance, the flight is a significant demonstration of the fact that low clouds cannot deter skilled aerial navigators...
...Service and Irving H. Krupp, civilian clerk, were killed at Boiling Field, Washington, in a DH-4-B airplane which went into a spin at 200 feet in the air, crashed and burst into flames. The machine had taken off correctly into the teeth of the wind, the motor did not cut-out or choke, flying controls responded perfectly. The investigating board is baffled. In spite of immense progress in aerodynamics, many accidents still remain a complete mystery...
...trip lasting from June 22 to August 20 including visits in 15 of the National Parks. Leaving Boston at 2.10 o'clock on Friday afternoon, June 22, the party will go directly to Cody, Wyoming, where it will enter the Yellowstone Park for a seven days' trip by motor through the reservation, returning to Cody on July 4 in time for the annual "Cody roundup". An eight-day trip in the saddle is scheduled in the Glacier National Park in which the party will cross the Great Divide three times...
...entire cost of the trip including railroad and pullman fares, board, lodging, guides, and horse and motor transportation has been estimated at about $800. Further details can be secured from Mr. Conaghie, who will be at the School of Landscape Architecture office, 1 Robinson Hall, from 10.30 to 11.30 o'clock daily except Sundays. The committee has announced that early applications will receive preference...