Word: piloting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Feb. 28--Major William C. Ocker, Army's oldest pilot in point of service and a pioneer inventor of flying devices, pleaded not guilty today at his general court-martial on charges he "cussed out" a superior officer...
Last day of the races was marred by two more deaths. Attempting a spot parachute jump, a parachutist fouled his shrouds in the tail surfaces of the plane he was leaving. Plane and tangled jumper plummeted into Lake Pontchartrain. The plane's pilot was also killed. On the bright side, James R. ("Jimmy") Wedell, an adopted favorite son of Louisiana who builds fast little Wedell-Williams ships at Patterson, cleaned up most of the speed prizes without much competition. He won three firsts, did not break the record he holds for land planes (305 m.p.h.), but smashed the record...
...Pilot & Meteor. Last spring a TWA pilot over Texas had the thrill of observing a meteor in flight (TIME, April 3). Last week, also over Texas, an American Airways pilot had the even greater thrill of dodging a meteor. He was approaching Texarkana, said Pilot Hiram Sheridan, when a dazzling blue-white light attracted his attention. "I watched it for a minute or two," reported he, "and realized that it was coming straight at me. I changed my course and put on speed, but it looked like it would strike the plane in spite of all I could...
First commentator on Pilot Sheridan's harrowing experience was Publisher Stuart H. Perry of the Adrian (Mich.) Telegram. As an authority on meteors Publisher Perry declared: "The fact that Sheridan saw the meteor disappear is conclusive proof that he was not very close to it, because most meteors cease to glow at a height of about five miles...
...look at the enemy. He topples down with a bullet in his heart. The sergeant (Victor McLaglen) draws lots, sends two of his men to scout for help. They come back dead, strapped to the backs of horses. A rescue plane lands on the sand; the pilot is shot as he starts toward the trees. By this time Arab snipers, concealed by the dunes, have picked off all but three of the troop. None of the three can fly but Morelli (Wallace Ford) and the sergeant dismount the plane's machine gun, set fire to the plane...