Word: wind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second heat Referee Bert Halnes called the boats back for a second start after the first 50 seconds, when Eliot and Leverett by crossing blades. The blame for the collision was placed on the Charles which was well chopped up by a rising wind...
...Wind, sometimes, in the evening chimney's; rain...
Dedicated during the day by NACA's scholarly Dr. Edward P. Warner were two new wind tunnels which are now in operation. In both, NACA engineers work under a pressure of several atmospheres, like sand hogs or divers have to be decompressed before going home at night. In one, studies can be made on fixed models of 19-ft. wingspread in winds of more than 250 m.p.h. In the other a model can be flown as in free air, operated by remote control from a tunnel cockpit. Control is achieved through fine wires to electromagnets in the ship...
...Sophomore timber-toppers's record time of 14.6 seconds in the highs was disallowed because of a favoring wind, but this 23.6 second clocking in the lows stands as a meet and Harvard record...
...cold, wind-swept Yale track the Mikkolamen made good their early season promises, clicking off 11 out of 15 first places. Highlights in the Crimson's stunning triumph were the double victories scored by Jim Lightbody in the 440 and 880, George Downing in the shot and discus, and Don Donahue in the hurdles...