Word: repairing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gatti-Casazza (as a British repair crew came aboard at Gibraltar): "I am not going ashore. Gibraltar has not changed in 50 years. I was once here as a naval cadet...
...addition to flying experience, the club plans to offer an opportunity for men to learn more about the practical side of airplane maintenance and repair, including shopwork...
...dogs. To get to Melville Island the party had to skirt the westerly shore of Banks Island, the westernmost of the stupendous archipelago which clutters the Arctic north of Canada. Off Banks Island an ice floe struck the Dora, shoved her completely over an uncharted islet, cracked her beyond repair. The two men managed to reach big Banks Island with sledges & dogs, proceeded northward, sheltering themselves in snow-block houses, cooking only one meal a day, at other times chewing quok (frozen meat...
...White House elevator broke down. Into the White House grounds drove a repair truck. On the front of it was a plate: "Repeal the 18th Amendment." On the rear a sign read: "Vote for Roosevelt...
...aircraft plant at Dearborn, Mich, is shut down except for repair work on planes now in operation. From that plant, which produced 300 tri-motors at $50,000 each for the past five years, only four new ships have emerged since Jan. 1. Prospects for new orders were slim because 1) airline expansion has ceased at least for the present; 2) big operators are abandoning Fords in favor of planes made by allied builders; 3) some operators believe that the Ford, basically unchanged since 1927, is obsolete...