The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1939 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 123
... pilot , Jack O'Meara , cut loose from a towing airplane over New York City and headed his ghostly ship down the East Side . O`pioneer American glider pilot , Jack He was trying to show that a man could ride on the warm breath of a city ...
... pilot , Jack O'Meara , cut loose from a towing airplane over New York City and headed his ghostly ship down the East Side . O`pioneer American glider pilot , Jack He was trying to show that a man could ride on the warm breath of a city ...
Page 126
... pilot can shuttle back and forth in the upcurrent of wind over a mountain al- most indefinitely , as long as the wind holds out . As one prominent pilot put it to me , " It's like glorified flagpole sitting . " The real test comes when ...
... pilot can shuttle back and forth in the upcurrent of wind over a mountain al- most indefinitely , as long as the wind holds out . As one prominent pilot put it to me , " It's like glorified flagpole sitting . " The real test comes when ...
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... pilot . thirty or forty feet from the ground and go up until nearly out of sight without once flapping its wings , " said one seasoned pilot , admiringly . The soaring pilot gets an excellent chance to study the birds ' flight habits ...
... pilot . thirty or forty feet from the ground and go up until nearly out of sight without once flapping its wings , " said one seasoned pilot , admiringly . The soaring pilot gets an excellent chance to study the birds ' flight habits ...
Contents
GuamPerch of the China Clippers By Margaret M HIGGINS | 99 |
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
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