Word: pilots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gill Robb Wilson (Presbyterian) of Trenton, N. J., literally a "sky pilot" with a formidable Lafayette Escadrille bombing record, was elected the Legion's chaplain over the Rev. J. Monroe Stick of Baltimore...
...Baron Zu Wartenberg und Penzlin, 50, German Ambassador to the U. S., while flying in a Lufthansa monoplane from Berlin to Munich. The crash occurred near Schleiz, Thuringia. Five others were instantly killed: Baron Hans von Arnim, Lufthansa official; Herr Roell, director of the Reich railroads; Otto Osners, student pilot; Herr Seiler, mechanic; Herr Charlett, pilot...
...corpses were mangled almost beyond recognition. All, save Seiler, were instantly killed, the mechanic merely showing bare signs of life and passing away without regaining consciousness. The accident was ascribed to an airpocket dashing the ma-chine to the ground, a hardly feasible premise; another guess was that the pilot had died suddenly of heart disease. A rumor of political assassination was dismissed...
...swarm of airplanes rose boisterously over Roosevelt Field, L. L, and buzzed westward in quest of $5,000. They were small, light Class B land planes of the commercial type, flying for a money prize in a transcontinental race to Spokane, Wash. Twenty-five started; that night pilots of twelve went to bed in Chicago; the first official stopping place. Thick, drizzly weather and brutally bumpy air over the Alleghenies stirred pilots to call it the most dangerous hop they had ever made. Over half of the planes came down short of the stopping point owing to weather, engine...
Both Kelley and Burns played football at Exeter, the former being somewhat obscured in the academy ranks after a brilliant career at Winchester High, while the latter never attained first string rating among his schoolboy teammates. The possibilities of either as a first string college pilot are very difficult to predict. Close followers of the sport for the last few years have been surprised this year to see Kelley holding down the team A assignment. The coaches have so far made no comment on the quarterback situation and the purport of the reports that have proceeded from the scrimmages...