Word: whirlwinds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much for the All-American aircraft show there exhibited, as for six stock commercial airplanes there equipped with the 225 h. p., oil-burning Packard Diesel type engine. Largest of the six is a Ford all-metal transport, powered with three Packard Diesels in place of the Wright Whirlwinds customarily installed. Ford announced that Diesels would be optional equipment in future. So did Stinson Aircraft Corp. Chief virtues of the engine, which has been developed in the U. S. with considerable secrecy by Packard Motors Co.: low cost of fuel, reduction of fire hazard, elimination of ignition, and of radio...
...open air for one or two weeks already, Harvard's nine has necessarily been confined to work in the cage because of inclement weather conditions. The first game is only a week from tomorrow, however, and although Coach Fred Mitchell doesn't have to trot out a whirlwind aggregation on that date he will have to send out an array of batters and fielders that should at least take Boston University's diamond forces into camp. The real tuning up process will come a few days later when about 25 men will be playing six games in as many days...
...wilderness, a figure was catching St. Godard-parka suit, woolen socks and moccasins, a young, bronzed face-Earl Brydges. Brydges lives in Cranberry Portage, St. Godard in The Pas, 55 miles away, so they are neighbors as neighborhood is measured by frontiersmen. Brydges drove into The Pas in a whirlwind finish, the winner. His time was 12½ minutes better than St. Godard's, who came in staggering with three tired dogs lying on his sled...
...Wilmington, Del., last week from the test field for Bellanca planes, George Haldeman lifted his stock Bellanca Pacemaker, powered with a Wright Whirlwind 300 h. p. motor. He was in the air for 1 hr. 16 min. During that time he had hoisted his ship to a new commercial plane altitude record of 33,500 feet. The previous record was 25,700 feet...
Jaunty, cocksure, well-muffled and goggled, Carey Pridham, 29, married, strode over to his Pitcairn Super-Mailwing at Newark, N. J. airport an early morning last week. He opened the mail compartment, chucked in his load of mail, and climbed into the pilot's seat. The Wright Whirlwind, nicely warmed up, was flipping the prop over slowly. The ship trembled in its wheel chocks. He opened up the motor to recheck the steady drone of power that was to carry him to Boston. Mechanically everything was fine. The ship had had its regular inspection the night before. A perfect...