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Word: piloting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Short, baldish, TWA Pilot Edward A. Bellande, who landed seven passengers with only one minor injury, saved most of his mail when his plane caught fire between San Francisco and Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Medal Men | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

Gaunt, gangling, Central Airlines Pilot James Henry Carmichael Jr., who made a one-wheel landing at night without injury to his passengers or mail after flying 85 miles back to Washington when one of his plane's three motors fell away with part of the landing gear (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Medal Men | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

Dark, tightlipped, Brainiff Airways Pilot Gordon H, Darnell, who landed his passengers without injury when his plane caught fire between Kansas City and Denver in 1933, managed to extricate most of the mail before an explosion destroyed the wrecked plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Medal Men | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

Blond, handsome, American Airlines Pilot Wellington P. McFail, who succeeded in gliding safely to earth with his mail when the motor of his plane dropped out between Texarkana and Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Medal Men | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

Short, stocky, onetime American Airlines Pilot Lewis S. Turner, who, though severely burned, landed his two passengers safely when his plane blazed up over Fort Worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Medal Men | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

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