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Word: yuma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week he set out (with special permission from the Department of Commerce) to cross the continent in a cabin glider towed at the end of a 300-ft. rope behind a power plane. First day he was towed 400 mi., from San Diego to Tucson, with a stop at Yuma and Phoenix. At such way stations he unhooked his "car"' from its "locomotive" and coasted to earth, demonstrating the possibility of air '"trains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Shrewd Hawks | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

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