Word: seaplanesful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What Reporter Knickerbocker stated, and what his editors seemed to overlook, is that the Rohrbach experiment so far "is only a millennium on paper." Nor is the Rohrbach principle entirely new. Dr. Rohrbach, a builder most famed for his seaplanes (Rohrbach "Rostra." Rohrbach "Romar") has been working on the revolving...
Officials of United Aircraft & Transport Corp. tried hard to conceal their excitement over an airplane being crated for shipment from East Hartford, Conn, last week. There was nothing extraordinary about the plane. It was a Vought Corsair of a year-old model, such as the U. S. Navy uses for...
His feat threw into relief a curious combination of facts: Nine years ago the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes was won at 177 m.p.h. That year Capt. "Al" Williams flew a landplane 266 m.p.h. and the next year a Frenchman flew one 278 m.p.h. The Frenchman's speed remained the world...
An explanation of this disparity lies in the Schneider Trophy which stimulated various governments (with the exception of the U. S. since 1926) to develop seaplane engines adapted to racing. These are cylinder-in-line machines of 2,600 h. p., perfectly streamlined. Such an engine may have a life...
Twice von Gronau was shot down unhurt. He was ultimately promoted to a safe headquarters job. After the War he returned to East Prussia to farm the lands of his father. General Hans H. K. von Gronau, Commander of the 41st Reserve Corps at the Battle of the Marne. Under...