Word: plane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roaring over Buenos Aires a mysterious plane rained down Communist leaflets? the only Red phase of the entire disturbance. Promptly an Uriburu pursuit plane whirred from its hangar, prepared to chase the Reds, cracked up on the flying field, spilled out pilot and gunner mortally wounded...
...ration Aéronautique International last week. Delegates from France and Italy glared across the meeting table at delegates from Great Britain. For a time it appeared that one nation or more might bolt the Federation. Reason: Great Britain had arbitrarily upped the entry fee per plane for the 1931 Schneider trophy races for seaplanes from 5,000 francs to 200,000 francs ($8,000). France and Italy challenged Britain's right to boost the rate, declared only the Federation had such power, refused to pay. Thereupon Great Britain ("host" for the next race by virtue of her victory...
...Vance Breese took a Parks biplane to 2,500 ft., cut the motor, stalled it into a spin, yanked a release cord. A little "pilot 'chute" popped out of its container under the fuselage, dragging a big 'chute (60 ft.) billowing up and over the tail. The plane, suspended by its centre wing section from the parachute, floated earthward at about 15 m. p. h.. swinging and gyrating as it settled. On alighting, only damage was to landing-gear and lower wing...
...airport of the southwest, slipped Coste's red sesquiplane "Point d'lnterrogation" last week at the end of a 1,700-mi. flight from New York. The mob of 20,000 rushed the lines of police and national guardsmen with as much mad enthusiasm as though the plane had flown direct from Paris. At length a wedge of guards forced a lane to the Southern Air Transport administration building where Mayor J. Waddy Tate and Attorney Cullen F. Thomas (for Governor Moody) offered the visitors the freedom of Dallas...
...conditions unusually good, with tail winds for much of the way, with such crack airmen as Coste & Bellonte at the controls, the Question Mark was forced to fly 4,100 mi. at an average speed of 109 m. p. h. Its flying time was 37 hr. 18 min. Neither plane could have carried a payload but shrewd Capt. Coste earned reputedly $25,000 by bringing a Paris dress model for the John Wanamaker store and a number of Paris advertisements for the New York Times...