Word: travelling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reporters at Valbuena Field, Mexico City, knew that a colossal story was coming their way-in fact, well nigh into their laps. They could see it clearly in the air, for there was the Travel-Air cabin monoplane City of Wichita, in which could only be Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his fiancee, Anne Spencer Morrow. It was apparent, from the gestures of the figure at the cabin window and from the naked axle on the right-hand side of the landing gear, that the Colonel had lost a wheel. It was a story with a hundred possible endings...
Another apparent benefit of air trains is related to Speed, chief advantage of air over surface travel. A fast-flying train can touch at different airports without stopping, by cutting off its trailers one by one with passengers or freight...
...discussing at Paris his recent audience with the Holy Father, Cardinal Dubois said: "He mentioned his joy in being able henceforth to travel about freely. Sooner or later the Pope, who claims world-wide spiritual dominion, will visit every part of the globe, America not excepted, of course. The imagination is staggered when one comes to think of what will happen when a Pope sets foot in New York. I do not say that the present Pontiff will attempt it, although, personally, I am sure, he is willing enough. But the day will come...
...annual report of the president to the club stated, that at the end of next week, the club's Travel-air plane will be taken to the airport in Boston and given a test flight and that full instruction in the art of landing will be given in the plane, for the first time, under the tutelage of transport pilots from the commercial companies at the field...
...quieter amusement. It is a chess-wise war game. The board is 20 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, a topographical relief map of an imaginary coast line. There are 20,000 square kilometers and over 4,000 pieces, representing every arm of war. Sixteen levels are used, affecting the "travel" and "range" of the miniature units. The game is played in weekly sessions over a period of months. Five Generals and a Commander-in-Chief play simultaneously on each side. The Commander-in-Chief walks back and forth behind his subordinates, surveying the entire field of action, and issues sealed...