Word: planes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Field sponsored by the National Aeronautical Association next June, according to an announcement made last night by W. M. Bump '28 president of the Club. The entrants will be in competition for $5,000 in cash prizes and trophies donated by Grover C. Loening, designer of the Loening amphibian plane...
Plans for the contest state that each college flying club will be allowed to enter one plane and three pilots. The planes will be of a standard speed and power class which will be determined later...
Simultaneously, last week, French airplanes soared over rebellious Riff tribes in Morocco. The Riff have been bombed so often that when a French plane approaches they scatter, after stampeding their cattle in all directions. Therefore the French chose, last week, a market day and scattered what were described as "light bombs" among the thronging market crowds of several rebel villages...
...wood-"you put the bug you wanted to kill on one block and squashed him with the other." Rental $2. Tony disappeared when the Postoffice got inquisitive, and left Deacon Miscombe holding the bag. In War, Aviator Tony annoyed a German sausage balloon and shot down a Fokker plane with the words: "Jeeze, what'd you want to pick...
...hazardous aeroplane dash to the South Pole. The expedition is now forming, and the start is scheduled for September. Commander Byrd plans to build a small city on the rim of the Atlantic continent and to make this the base for his flight. He will outline his plane in detail on Thursday...