Word: piloting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Test Pilot (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
There will be five events, two spot landings, bomb dropping, paper strafing, and a treasure hunt. The pilot must fly alone in all but the last event. In the paper strafing and bomb dropping, the pilot must have a private license. In the other events, the only requisite is a solo rating...
There will be two spot landing events. In the first the pilot crossed a line headed into the wind at an altitude of 1500 feet. He then throttles his engine back and makes a 360 degree approach to the line, landing as close to its far side as possible. If the overshoots it, he is disqualified...
...other spot landing, the pilot tries to land at the bull's-eye of a large circle. He may approach in any manner he pleases but must throttle his engine back when he reaches the height of 500 feet. In both landings, the motor must idle after the pilot has reached the designated altitude in order that the conditions simulate a dead-stick landing...
...Empire Air Mail Program by which, at a three cent per half-ounce rate, all mail is carried by air to South Africa, India, Hong Kong and Australia. To carry the first batch of mail at the new rate from England to the East, Imperial Airways chose a Quantas pilot, 40-year-old G. U. ("Guppy") Allan, renowned in Australia as an opener of new air routes. So heavy were Pilot Allan's mailbags (8,000 Ib.) that passengers were transferred to another ship. Imperial Airways looks forward this year to extending its 20,000-mile system...