Word: sea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There had been sun and heat the first few days in Denver University's High Crescent Stadium which stands nearly a mile above sea level. But on the day of the race a chilly breeze blew down from Pike's Peak. It was evident that Simpson's record would not be equalled or broken...
...Perl plan is to build a 22-ft. duralumin fuselage shaped like a dirigible, hermetically sealed. Inside would be a compressor which would supply air at sea level pressure and warm it for the pilot and the motor (which would be within the fuselage). Outside would be the propeller, wings resembling those of a flying fish, and tail fins. Landing wheels would be retracted into the body...
...Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, was compelled to remain temporarily in or near the capital because of rapid naval disarmament developments. He. longed to get away to the usual British summer embassy at Manchester-by-the-Sea. Mass. French Ambassador Paul Claudel was likewise unable to escape because of the necessity of negotiating a postponement of the French debt settlement...
...talk of naval reduction turned attention to Britain's new First Lord of the Admiralty, Albert Victor Alexander, whose first task may be to scrap some of the proud ships he now commands. Labor Sea Lord Alexander is a former Baptist lay preacher, the son of a railway engineer. Like the admiral in Pinafore, he "polished up the handles so care-ful-lee, that now he is the ruler of the King's navee." Earnest, hard working, his appointment was greeted with disdainful sniffs in Tory circles which consider the post of First Lord of the Admiralty...
When, last month, Aviators James Kelly and R. L. Robbins remained aloft over Fort Worth, Tex., for 172 hrs. 32 mins. 1 sec., great was public interest. No motored vehicle, land, sea or air, had ever before run so long without stopping. Last week, however, two Roosevelt stock sedans drove ground and round the Indianapolis motor speedway without stopping, reached, then far passed the airplane record. One stopped after 231 hrs. and 41 min. The other passed the 300 hour mark, kept going. Drivers (who worked in shifts) included Aviators Kelly and Robbins, who thus helped to break on land...