Word: diving platform
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...light, he was approaching the Hartford aerodrome, Brainard Airport, at the edge of the Connecticut River. He tipped the nose of his plane to the field, left his motor open. Two observers watched him, amazed that he was going into a needless power dive. Below him, in a little one-story observation shack, with a platform on the roof, should have been the night-watchman. Pridham dove his Pitcairn to zoom over it. The observers presumed that he intended to rouse the watchman with the snarl of his motor. He misjudged his distance by inches. His wing ripped...