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... Close to a thousand air - ports are being rushed to completion to care for American planes flying in all directions . And as fast as the U. S. Government defines new routes with lights and ports , air - traffic increases proportionately ...
... Close to a thousand air - ports are being rushed to completion to care for American planes flying in all directions . And as fast as the U. S. Government defines new routes with lights and ports , air - traffic increases proportionately ...
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... close formation . Then we spread out and began to explore different parts of the range . We remained in sight of each other un- til after circling Lake Winnepesaukee and Poland Springs . Here we separated , our advance plane going ...
... close formation . Then we spread out and began to explore different parts of the range . We remained in sight of each other un- til after circling Lake Winnepesaukee and Poland Springs . Here we separated , our advance plane going ...
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... close glimpse of the Falls , but we had a fairly good view of the famous cataract , from both the American and Canadian sides ( see illustration , page 10 ) . Low clouds and a misty rain made visi- bility poor as we neared Buffalo and ...
... close glimpse of the Falls , but we had a fairly good view of the famous cataract , from both the American and Canadian sides ( see illustration , page 10 ) . Low clouds and a misty rain made visi- bility poor as we neared Buffalo and ...
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... close to the water , he pur- posely changed the altitude adjustment in the carburetor so that it created a lean mix- ture , making the engine sputter erratically . Sorenson and I would pretend to get ready for a forced landing in the ...
... close to the water , he pur- posely changed the altitude adjustment in the carburetor so that it created a lean mix- ture , making the engine sputter erratically . Sorenson and I would pretend to get ready for a forced landing in the ...
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... close together , he would fly straight ahead , so as to leave us in the disturbed air created by his pro- peller , with a result that we had a very bumpy ride for the next few seconds . Love discovered that an unusual phe- nomenon would ...
... close together , he would fly straight ahead , so as to leave us in the disturbed air created by his pro- peller , with a result that we had a very bumpy ride for the next few seconds . Love discovered that an unusual phe- nomenon would ...
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