Word: planing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this was caused by the fact that the skis would dig themselves farther and farther into the ground when the plane was in horizontal position, as on the take-off. Soon it was found that a cord attached to the wing struts raising the front of the ski removed the danger of burying. A stop cable also was fastened on to the rear of the ski leading to the main plane bracing. These two improvements kept the ski in correct position for maneuvering on the ground or for the take...
...experienced pilot this snow-planing is no more difficult than flying with wheels. Safe landings can be made on any space of open ground, and if the space is limited, a plane may be mushed in to a complete stop in 200 feet...
...North, Dictator Mussolini's flying son Vittorio was vexed by a shell which knocked the machine gun support off his plane and exploded freakishly with little damage in the cockpit, after which he made a neat landing, unscathed...
...session of the legislature. Indignant, Governor Allred summoned a police escort to get through the football crowd, fumed when traffic blocked his car, clambered on the back of a motorcycle, fumed when traffic blocked the motorcycle, hopped off, hurried on foot to his hotel. While packing to board a plane, he learned that the Secretary of the Senate had been joking...
...rapidly making his mark. There are lots of other people running about in the office and they all have their little problems too, but the important thing to note is that the weather gets very bad, the ceiling becomes zero, nerves grow taut, whirring noises arise off stage. A plane crashes and another pioneer of the ozone has gone west, if that is where the noble men of the sky go. Dizzy makes the beau geste, the grand sacrifice for friendship, chastity and the future of aviation...