Word: snow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Louis, Mo., last January, Mr. Kelly roosted for the record period of seven days and one hour -much of the time amid chill, sleet and snow. The experience thus gained caused him to make elaborate preparations before climbing aloft last week...
Perhaps there seem to drum in imagination's ear those feverish midnight hoofbeats which so often heralded (in winter or summer, snow or clear) the approach of the mad yet somehow great King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886). The hoofbeats become a roar, and then the gilded coach or sleigh is seen. In the darkness its powerful interior lighting reveals the King, often in his golden crown, lolling at ease yet disconsolate. A robe of rich stuff lies across his knees and those of the young officer who is always beside him?for Ludwig will have none of women...
...present time the organization has five qualified pilots. F. L. Ames '28 heads the list with 240 hours of solo-flying. In the order of their experience follow: A. U. Pabst 2L., a naval reservist, 150 hours; O. A. Spalding '27, 60 hours; Crocker Snow 1L., ex-member of the 101st Pursuit Group, 55-hours; and F. J. Otis '27, of the JN4D squad, 50 hours. Ames and Otis own their own planes in addition. All these men are licensed in the State of Massachusetts and Ames, Pabst and Spalding have applied for certificates from the Department of Commerce...
...time spent in the club plane Spalding leads with 40 hours to his credit. The other pilots follow: Snow, 30 hours; Pabst, 20 hours; Otis, 16 hours; and Ames, 9 hours. Five additional men expect to qualify this summer as pilots, either in the Naval Flight School at Squantum or by taking private instruction. They are: R. W. Ayer '28, Brutus Brooks ocC., W. N. Bump '28, M. N. Fairbank '28, R. E. Gregg '28, and F. P. Sprout '28. Ayer, Bump and Gregg expect to go to Squantum; Brooks and Fairbank will take instructions at Curtiss Field, Kong Island...
...really better to go hatless? Is a windblown, dust-swept, rain-soaked, hail-battered or snow-covered hatless head best? Is it better than a head simmering in its own heat under a piece of felt that may have been worn for months...