The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 126
... wind . It settled gently as a leaf , and the pilot , unhurt , climbed down the tree . the help of upward currents of air . But this is a soaring day , a day for wings . Briefly he consults the weather man : " Fresh westerlies creating ...
... wind . It settled gently as a leaf , and the pilot , unhurt , climbed down the tree . the help of upward currents of air . But this is a soaring day , a day for wings . Briefly he consults the weather man : " Fresh westerlies creating ...
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WE WANT MORE WIND AND LESS HEAT PICKETING FOR HIGHER WINDS , NOT HIGHER WAGES Pilots at Elmira call a strike against the whimsical weather which prevailed during last year's National Soaring Contest . The air was often stagnant , with ...
WE WANT MORE WIND AND LESS HEAT PICKETING FOR HIGHER WINDS , NOT HIGHER WAGES Pilots at Elmira call a strike against the whimsical weather which prevailed during last year's National Soaring Contest . The air was often stagnant , with ...
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... wind roared through the narrow lanes of the mainland , pressing the rich green gorse bushes flat against the stone hedges of this naked Pembrokeshire shore . But there was a song in my heart , and I leaned gratefully upon the wind as ...
... wind roared through the narrow lanes of the mainland , pressing the rich green gorse bushes flat against the stone hedges of this naked Pembrokeshire shore . But there was a song in my heart , and I leaned gratefully upon the wind as ...
Contents
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Wild Tribesmen With Topknots Roam the Little | 391 |
Marine Fishes and Fisheries Yield Vast Wealth from Alaska | 463 |
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