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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...held out behind this rear propeller by two outriggers from the wings. Out of the Bellanca secrecy has issued this rumor: The plane is being built for Shirley J. Short, oldtime air mail pilot, 1926 Harmon Trophyist. Backed by the Chicago Daily News, he will try for a standing prize of $25,000 for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Bellanca's Secret | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

Well within Frederick Handley Page's arm-reach last week was a $100,000 prize put up by the Guggenheim Fund for a plane which best promised safety in the hands of even an inexpert pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Slot Interceptor | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...entrants are Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. of Buffalo, Schroeder-Wentworth Associates of Glencoe, Ill., Charles Ward Hall Inc. of Buffalo, J. S. McDonnell Jr. & Associates of Milwaukee, Heraclio Alfaro of Cleveland, and Brunner-Winkle Aircraft Corp. of Brooklyn. If they do not win the $100,000 first prize, they may get one of five $10,000 "safety" prizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Slot Interceptor | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...contest held this year, H.G. Abdian '30 won the local prize of the University while Harvard received fourth place in the national contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT EVENTS CONTEST ALTERED | 5/4/1929 | See Source »

Another important change prevents local winners from competing again until at least a year has elapsed since their first success. This means that only men who win a contest in their Freshman or Sophomore years will have a chance to win the prize a second time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT EVENTS CONTEST ALTERED | 5/4/1929 | See Source »

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