Word: wing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months ago, a new Northrop low-wing monoplane, built for the U. S. Army at a cost of $100,000, took off from a Los Angeles airport. Because it was expected to fly high above enemy guns at a superspeed of 325 m.p.h., revolutionizing offense tactics and giving the U. S. the finest pursuit plane in the world, the new fighter was shrouded in military secrecy, instructed not to fly out of sight of the airport. Nonetheless, Army Reserve Pilot Arthur H. Skaer roared away up the coast toward the Palos Verdes hills. Presently, when he did not return, officials...
Last week another new pursuit plane took off from Los Angeles on a test flight. This one was a heavily armored Vultee low-wing monoplane, built to carry 1,200 lb. of bombs as well as four machine guns. With a reported speed of 250 m.p.h., it, too, was being groomed with much secrecy for the U. S. Army. It was only 300 ft. off the ground on its second flight when the motor abruptly cut out. Faced with high-tension wires over the smooth field ahead, Pilot Thomas Van Stone tried to turn back to the airport. The heavy...
...Vagabond embarks on his first journey of the season. For fear there are those young ones as yet unfamiliar with his ways, a happy word of counsel may not be out of place. Sagmus, his old friend and philosopher, is wont to take the Vagabond under his warm wing. Not to reform, mind you, for the philosopher is a bit of a vagrant himself, but to befriend with wisdom. And the Vagabond seeks that precious jewel with all his heart. The talk was of travel; yet not travel of the common sort but of the imagination. For it is known...
...Wing's Fort" is a Boston nickname for the bulging limestone edifice of First National Bank. Inside, the building has more the air of a cathedral. Although descended from Puritan stock, Board Chairman Daniel Gould Wing is no Bostonian. He got his start as a messenger boy in Lincoln, Neb. Arriving in Boston as a bank examiner in 1899, he stayed to become president of the Massachusetts National Bank. When that bank merged with First National, he became president, later board chairman. Last week, at 67, Mr. Wing retired because of poor health. Bernard Walton Trafford, vice chairman, stepped...
Built with great secrecy at a cost of $120,000, Hughes's low-wing monoplane is equipped with a tremendous Wasp motor, a fuselage longer than the wingspan, a curious stilt-like landing gear which folds during flight. For two days Pilot Hughes had driven this big racer over the Santa Ana course. The first day he broke the landplane record with ease, lost the credit for it because of a technicality. The second day, he fulfilled all the requirements, had nearly finished when the mishap occurred. As he bent to inspect the damage, exuberant timers announced...