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Word: poyner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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Landing his own craft on the Bay, Chief Boatswain Kahle taxied about for an hour, found no trace of Lieutenants Victor F. Marinelli and George Lehman, nor of Machinist Mates L. E. Poyner and George M. McMichaels. The U. S. S. Teal, Navy tender, patrolled all that night but its searchlight picked out nothing beyond fragments of wing fabric, pieces of fuselage. Against lightning, rarely an accurate enemy, flyers of steel birds have no defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Yellow Giant | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

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