Word: wright
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, when Dr. Leach rolled into Manhattan in his twelve-cylinder red Cadillac for the 45th annual convention of the N. M. A., the storm broke. A small group of Manhattan physicians, led by distinguished Skull-Surgeon Louis Tompkins Wright, started a movement to oust President-elect Leach. But Dr. Leach clung on. He insisted that he had been framed by Federal agents in 1928. "I had only one quart of Sandy MacDonald in my possession," he said, "and I was taking it home for my personal use." He promised to resign if the convention would only pass...
...Pratt & Whitney, Allison (liquid-cooled), Wright and Lycoming engines...
...record). Smaller Boeing "fortresses" (YB-17s, 105 ft. wingspread), carrying five-ton loads, established new altitude (23,800 feet) and speed (205 m.p.h.) records for a 621-mile course. Another "fortress" climbed to 33,400 feet carrying five tons (world's record). In time for the party at Wright Field, a brand new Boeing B-17B, first of 26 supercharged versions of the present "fortress" about to be delivered, hurtled from Burbank, Calif, to Floyd Bennett Field, N. Y. (2,450 miles) in 9 hr. 14 min. 30 sec., at average speed of 259.398 m.p.h., only two hours slower...
...went 42-47 m.p.h. and Wright Bros, got a $5,000 bonus on their $25,000 order...
...Named for Thomas E. Selfridge, first Air Corps officer killed (in an early Wright), West Point classmate (1903) of Columnist-General Hugh S. Johnson...