Word: wing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This was the biggest formation ever seen of the biggest plane in the war, the Merseburg-323. The ME-323 was developed from designs for a monstrous wooden glider, with a wing span of 180 feet. Six French Gnôme-Rhône engines were added to make a plane that would carry 120 fully equipped soldiers or 20,000 Ib. of freight 450 miles at 140 miles an hour. It has ten half-sunk wheels well forward to prevent nosing over in rough landings, and the front of its fuselage can let down to take in trucks...
White will be the attire at all official functions, but on occassions where semi-formal civilian dress is in mode, service dress blue, D, can be donned, unless otherwise directed. A turned down collar or standing wing collar may be used when service dress blue, D, is prescribed...
Most recent choices: Marching Along Together, I've Heard That Song Before, Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer, There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere, This Time, I Just Kissed Your Picture Goodnight, Roll Out the Barrel...
Professor Wing is always right...
...John's player who commanded most of the crowd's attention was long-necked, jut-elbowed Center Harry ("Big Boy") Boykoff, 6 ft. 9, the tournament's tallest. When the Big Boy took wing up-court, he looked like a heron in full flight. When it came to playing basketball, there was nothing awkward about Coach Lapchick's team-or about the way Boykoff reached above the basket to bat out opponents' certain scores...