Word: piloted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...merely safe in skilled hands, but foolproof under all kinds of conditions. Such a plane must be able to land slowly, take off quickly, climb steeply, glide either at flat or steep angles and remain under control at all speeds and altitudes, even though weather conditions prevent the pilot keeping on even keel...
...normal flight of 45 m.p.h. to 100 m.p.h., glide three minutes at 38 m.p.h. with engine shut off, land within a 100-ft. space, take off in 300 ft., gain more than 35 ft. altitude within 500 ft. of starting takeoff, and fly "hands off." A manufacturer's pilot may put the plane through its best maneuvers. Guggenheim Fund pilots then try the plane themselves...
Married. Jean Assolant, 24, pilot of the Yellow Bird on its non-stop flight from Old Orchard, Me., to Santander, Spain (see p. 47); to Pauline Parker, U. S. chorus girl; at Old Orchard, Me., three days before...
...conveniently manage the club. At least five charter members should be qualified flyers. If novices are to be taught, a professional instructor should be hired. He could also supervise the maintenance of the planes. That is the Canadian and British system. Such an instructor-manager might be a commercial pilot operating in the neighborhood and working for the club only part time...
...which C. Sabelli was to fly to Rome last year. But her size and fame were no deterrents to six presumed thieves who last week audaciously attempted to take her from her hangar at Wilmington, Del. Bellanca guards forewarned by telephone frustrated the attempt and pleased George Haldeman, co-pilot of Ruth Elder's trans-Atlantic flight, now Bellanca's chief test pilot, who privately plans to fly the Roma whither publicity abounds...