Word: pusher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...green and cream Sopwith Camel-the type that downed the Red Baron-with a cutout figure of that daredevil, Snoopy, as the Baron's fearless foe, everyone surely knows. The occasion: an auction of 29 veteran and vintage planes, from a tricycle-wheeled 1910 Parker Curtiss Pusher to such recent classics as World War II fighters...
...motto is "Keep the antiques flying," the only disappointment in the auction, which grossed $282,620, was the number of vintage aircraft headed for museums. New York's Aeroflex Corp. alone accounted for $120,385 of the auction sales, including $20,000 paid for a 1914 Maurice Farman Pusher biplane and $20,000 for the Fokker D-VII, both slated for exhibition in a future air museum in New Jersey. But such, at least, was not the case with one beat-up, prop-less oldtimer, listed as the "Travelair Mystery Ship." "Mystery ship, hell!" snorted Oldtime Aviatrix Florence Lowe...
...From Protest to Resistance." Three advocates of dissent - Mario Savio, who led the Free Speech Movement at the University of California in Berkeley, Black Power Pusher Stokely Carmichael, and David Harris, a full-time antidraft resistance worker-have their say in a program about the new radicalism...
Oxford provided the most timely triumph. With Harvard trailing, 3-2, a defeat at number five singles could have spelled disaster. But the Crimson junior refused to fold. He revitalized Harvard's challenge with a sensational three-set win over Penn's diminutive pusher, Richie Cohen...
...overhead rotor. When the overhead ro tor reaches 520 r.p.m., the pilot pushes a button to disengage the rotor and change its blade pitch from flat to 5°. While the kinetic energy in the whirling rotor blades provides lift, the engine delivers full power to the pusher prop. Between the lift and push, the gyroplane becomes airborne...