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...Thomas Charles Poulter, its designer and driver, was easing the monster down a wooden ramp to the ice. Suddenly the heavy planks crackled, splintered, flew in all directions like straws in a whirlwind. In the vibrant words of the radio message which reached the Navy Department : "Dr. Poulter, faced with almost certain disaster, did the only thing possible and, without hesitating, he applied full power. Throbbing and roaring, the cruiser swayed downward, leaving a wake of splintered debris behind. Expedition members, who were anxiously watching the maneuver from the ice, cheered ecstatically. Admiral Byrd, who insisted on sharing the risk...
...lkischer Beobachter's Munich correspondent Wilhelm Kaffl later described the scene in the beer hall at that very moment: "I stood on the ramp of the gallery overlooking the room crowded with brown and green uniforms. Groups had formed here and there, laughing, talking and exchanging greetings...
...station the President handshook his friend Fred Botts, "dean" of the Warm Springs Foundation. "I'll be back for Thanksgiving," he said, "with provisos." He went up the ramp to the platform of his private car. The send-off crowd hushed itself, to hear his words of farewell. Franklin Roosevelt grinned his broadest and said: "I'll be back in the fall-if we don't have...
...performance estimates. Pleased was Pilot Cover (who is in charge of sales) with other features of the ship; with no wing below them passengers once more have an unobstructed view of the ground ; the ship, low-hung, can be loaded with passengers and freight without the use of a ramp; mechanics can get to its engines for minor adjustment from the ground without using stands. Also important: the high-wing construction lessens the hazard of wingtip stalling at low speeds to which some low-wing jobs are prone...
...future city" is a large shopping center, with stores arrayed like the cells of a honeycomb fronting the interior of a huge hollow rectangle. A wide continuous ramp runs around this great courtyard from bottom...