Word: sirius
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh & wife set out upon a pleasure flight to the Orient. They said goodbyes at Washington, New York, and at the estate of Father-in-Law Morrow at North Haven, Me., where they left Baby Charles Augustus ("Eaglet") Jr. Then they turned their low-wing Lockheed-Sirius, with its gasoline-laden pontoons, north to Canada. The hop to Ottawa was simple, gave Co-Pilot Anne Morrow Lindbergh opportunity to practice radio communication with the Pan-American Airways base near New York. West of Ottawa the pair had their first look at the wilderness over which they must...
...Lindberghs desire to visit Japan and parts of China, "just for the visit." They propose to travel the whole distance by easy stages from New York and return in their Lockheed-Sirius, the low-wing monoplane in which they made a transcontinental speed flight last year. At North Beach Airport, N. J. last week the landing wheels of the plane were replaced by pontoons to permit frequent landings for respite and refuelling...
...Black clouds hung over Connecticut. But Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, who was to lead his squadron of Missouri National Guard observation planes, flew off to the rendezvous to inspect the weather. Like oldtime cavalry commanders who preferred their personal mounts to Army issue, he flew his own fleet Lockheed-Sirius to Ossining, reported fair flying conditions. At Mitchel Field, L. I., General Foulois gave the "Let's go!" signal. The show...
...cruise at 175 m. p. h. and have a top speed of 230 m. p. h. The schedule, if fulfilled, would be fastest in the world (1,210 mi. in 7 hr.). The planes, to be built by Detroit Aircraft Corp., are a six-passenger cabin type of Lockheed Sirius, heretofore built only in two-place open cockpit style. They will be powered by single 575-h. p. Wright Cyclones, will be equipped with retractable landing gear...
...Fierro and his mechanic, Arnulfo Cortes, flew a low-wing Lockheed-Sirius named Anahuac (Aztec Empire) almost identical to that now flown by the Lindberghs. They scarcely deviated from their predetermined course, landed only 35 min. later than their 16-hr. time allowance...