Word: planed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...working hours will be devoted to plane and topographic surveying, including cartography, triangulations, land, road and shoreline surveys, and observations for the determination of meridian and latitude; railroad surveying, with earthwork, slope-staking, preliminary survey, estimate of quantities and cost and other subjects connected with the laying of railroads will also be a part of the curriculum...
...Raab-Katzenstein works at Cassel, they were completing a rocket-drive airplane, the Grasimiecke ("Garden Warbler"). Only a moderate 125 m. p. h. would be attempted with this craft. Later airplanes would be built to rocket beyond the highest flights of motored airplanes, first with laboratory animals aboard-and plane-parachutes later with men in air-tight compartments. They calculated a speed of 1,000 kilometres per hour (625 m. p. h.) could be attained and maintained...
...Lucky Lindy," by Abel Zaer. Last week, Mr. Bixby told that at a Lindbergh party in Manhattan, he and others sang "Lucky Lindy" at Col. Lindbergh on purpose. Col. Lindbergh made no comment. Next day, flying Mr. Bixby and another of the singers back to St. Louis, the Lindbergh plane dived, climbed, dived, climbed, dived, all morning. Mr. Bixby is a good air sailor but the other singer, Harry Knight, became "a rich green" with airsickness. Then Col. Lindbergh turned around and said: "Now sing 'Lucky Lindy...
...ardent young assistant treasurer of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. at Wilmington, Del., in April became engaged to Margaret Wilson Lewis at San Antonio, Texas. Separating them are 1,600 air miles. So last week Mr. du Pont had delivered to him a $12,000 Bellanca plane, wherewith to fly to his sweetheart each weekend...
Curtiss, since its reorganization in 1923 under the leadership of Clement Melville Keys, has become a miniature General Motors of the air-makers of the complete plane (fuselage, engine propeller, accessories). Founder Glenn Curtiss, no longer with the firm, is in the real estate business in Florida. Last week, Curtiss stock reached a new high of $192.75 and closed at $145. On the day-before-Lindbergh, it was easily obtainable...