Word: winds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of rough water and a stiff wind the two-mile course was covered in 12 minutes 45 seconds. No special endeavor, however, was made for good time...
Standish.--1, The Quilting Party. 2, Football Marches. 3, When We Wind Up the Watch on the Rhine...
...wind is my breath and the sea is my spittle...
...redress in time and ran into one of the balloons. It burst and spread out on his wires, making a great sail, which started to turn his machine and all the controls on the opposite side would barely hold the machine straight. He had to land with the wind and turned over, but did not get hurt...
...turn around; and lastly, the side slip, where you turn the machine on its side till the wings are vertical and just plain fall without any supporting surface. It is the quickest way to lose altitude and you certainly do come down. You fall faster and faster till the wind roars through the wires and the machine shakes and vibrates till you think it is going to fly to pieces and till it throws the pilot hard against the belts...