Word: piloted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...House of Commons, as Conservative member of North St. Pancras, London, is blind Captain Ian Frazer. His wife is his pilot and "parliamentary secretary"; but, according to the rules of the House, she cannot accompany him to those parts specifically reserved for members. Mr. Speaker Whitley came to the rescue. With great tact and courtesy, he issued last week to Mrs. Frazer a special permit enabling her to go anywhere, except on "the Floor of the House...
...Pilot R. L. Wagner, who had been flying above him, reported the wreck...
...pilot or observer sits encased in a web harness, firmly adjusted to his body by straps and buckles. Above is a small container of canvas duck in which the great silken fabric, of 24-ft. diameter when open, is cleverly packed. A "pilot chute" -an umbrella-like contrivance with spring release-rushes easily out of the container, catches the wind and hauls the main chute out in a second or so. The great supporting surface opens up in an instant. Carefully arranged silk shrouds, made of Japanese silk (the strongest and lightest of textiles) pass continuously from a ring...
...after the report of the Air Mail fatality came news of a terrible accident at the Croydon airdrome in London. A De Haviland passenger airplane, carrying a pilot and seven passengers, had scarcely risen into the air on its way to Paris, when gusty weather caused trouble and a nose dive carried the plane straight into the ground from a height of two or three hundred feet. As the craft struck, the gasoline tank burst, and in a moment there was a rush of flames which rose 60 ft. into the air. A fire engine was on the spot...
...matter the height of fall. This may be too much to hope for. The code at least demands that all edges of cockpits shall be well padded and that the padding should be extended to cover the front, part of cockpit or passenger cabin against which the heads of pilot or passenger are likely to strike...