Word: pickaback
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...Pickaback...
Anent the British transatlantic plane Mercury [TIME, Aug. 8], is '"piggy-back," or "pic-a-back," or "pickaback" correct...
...tower and started the plane along the runway. Before Krebs realized what was happening it was too late to jump. He slid astride the fuselage as the plane took off, hung on by the edge of the rear cockpit for dear life. He thought he was in for a pickaback ride all the way to St. Louis. Fortunately a traffic control officer saw him and radioed Pilot Connors to land. As the plane rolled to a stop, Krebs slid to the ground. He was still clutching the papers. His comment, as he handed them up for signature: "No cowboy ever...
...pickaback plane, or "Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft," consists of two seaplanes-a small, swift, long-range ship securely locked on the back of a big short-range "mother" flying boat. The top plane, named Mercury, has a 73-ft. wing span, weighs 20,000 lb. loaded, is powered with four air-cooled 16-cyl. Napier-Half ord 340-h.p. engines, carries a total payload of 1,000 lb. (but no passengers) 3,500 mi. at 160 m.p.h. Its mother beneath, Maia, weighs 40,000 lb. loaded, has four big 9-cyl., 960-h.p. Bristol "Pegasus" radial engines, a wing span...