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Word: pullouts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...controls and set tiny lights flashing if the the cockpit. The model's ingenious efforts to recover from the spin began in orthodox fashion, with reverse rudder. Simultaneously, a green light flashed. Then a red light flashed, and the flippers flopped down for the nose dive and pullout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Spinning Tunnel | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

Power dives involve terrific physical strain, frequently cause ruptured intestines, broken blood vessels in the brain. To protect themselves during the "pullout." some pilots wear a wide leather belt, others tense the muscles of the abdomen and neck by shouting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Damn .Fool's Job | 4/1/1935 | See Source »

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