Word: upwind
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...radio officer at the airport hears that the Akron is about to return. The lounging ground crew springs into action. A large cloth panel with the figures "63" is spread on the ground, tells Commander Rosen dahl the ground temperature. Another panel, striped, is spread several hundred feet "upwind" from the mooring mast and marked by two lantern-swinging grounds men. A smoke candle is lighted to show the direction of the ground wind. Presently there is a drone of engines from the east, then the wink of two white bow lights, two green starboard lights, two red port lights...