Word: zero
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public. Using Mitchel Field, N. Y., Concord, N. H. and Burlington, Vt. as bases, 62 pursuit, attack and bombing planes carrying 216 men, began chasing back & forth over snowy hills to test equipment and find out, among other things, if machine-gun oil will lubricate at sub-zero temperatures. What made last week's war game newsworthy was the presence of the world's first Flying Flagship. A twin-motored Douglas DC2 transport, it is the first of three ordered by the Air Force at $85,000 apiece. Under the direction of Major General Frank Maxwell Andrews...
...suggest that, as an obvious first move, the Tutorial System be overhauled. The cost of our suggested reform would be zero, the return, from the point of view of the general undergraduate body, a hundred times as great as all the University Professorships and National Scholarships in the world...
...Ceiling Zero (Warner), a crisp adaptation of last year's successful stage play, is not apt to whet the average citizen's appetite for flying, despite the moral that pilots are brave men willing to die for Science...
Straight-forward drama with accent on the thrills, "Ceiling Zero" proves exciting in spots though generally a bit pedestrian and rather humorless. The entire action takes place in the central office of the Federal Air Lines which are presided over with ruthless efficiency by Jake Lee, one of the truly old hands. Tex Clark and Dizzy Davis are the two chief pilots, experienced filers of the old school, who refuse to submit to the new efficiency and demand a bit of fun now and then even if the mail or passengers are at stake. This Dizzy chap is quite...
...been the intention of this reviewer to present "Ceiling Zero" as a dull play, for that would not be accurate reporting. Rather let us say that the play is free from impressive content of thrills or humor. It is well acted by a capable cast, starring Robert Ober, who would do much better, we feel, if he attempted to control the incessant and annoying movement of his eyebrows. Sandra Greene and several other pretty females dash about, adding zest and color to the proceedings. It's light fare which should prove soothing to exam-roughened palates...