Word: plane
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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SPIRIT OF ST. Louis (Picture Idea: plane shedding tears...
Watchers on the ground had lost sight of the little plane in the sky. But when the supercharger was turned on, smoke began to pour from the exhaust. Apollo's place in the sky was once more visible...
...July, 1927, a little Wright Apache plane with Lieut. C. C. Champion, U. S. N., at the stick, soared into the air and circled upward, ever upward, one mile, two miles, three, four, five, six, seven miles. Another 1,000 ft. he climbed into the rarefied air. At 38,418 ft. above sea level, seven cylinder-heads burst from his engine, the life-giving oxygen tube was torn from his lips, one barograph (altitude recorder) was blown to bits, his plane caught fire. All but unconscious from lack of air, like Icarus he plunged down from his eminence...
...elimination race to see who shall represent the U. S. in the Gordon Bennett Cup Race abroad. Night came on. Rain, snow, conflicting winds buffeted the bags. Some bumped into mountains, crashed into barns. One was almost run down by a night-flying mail plane. Day broke. Two of the balloons descended, discovered they had been blown in circles all night, were only 27 and 32 miles from Pittsburgh. One other balloon came down in Pennsylvania. Seven others descended across the broad expanse of upper New York. After 36 hours, all but two had been heard from: Navy...
...Lincolnshire. They took the air and headed in a southeasterly direction. Twenty-seven hours later they were seen over Bagdad, still going. Forty-eight hours out they passed over Karachi in India with still 1,170 mi. to go to their destination, Bangalore. Two hours later the great plane reappeared over Karachi and landed. Head winds had eaten up its gasoline on the last half of the journey. Had the plane carried a radio, it could have been notified of a 30 m.p.h. tailwind which was blowing on a lower level. Distance: 4,130 mi.; time...