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Word: canandaigua (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Right of Way. With his wife and small daughter, one John E. Lamb of Cleveland was driving along a clear road near Canandaigua, N. Y. on his way to Manhattan. Without warning an airplane dropped from the sky a short distance ahead, landed on the paved highway, taxied toward the Lamb car, its wings barring the way. Driver Lamb swung into a ditch to escape a collision, damaged his car though not himself & family. The airplane pilot, en route from Boston to Chicago, had made a forced "deadstick" landing for lack of fuel. He obtained some at a nearby gasoline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: Jul. 14, 1930 | 7/14/1930 | See Source »

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