Word: elevation
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...airplane could fly it in about 2½hr. On numerous occasions in the last 13 years airplanes have alighted on the lake, but until last week every one had to be dismantled and trucked down the mountainside. Reason: the rarefied atmosphere of Lake Tahoe (elev. 6,225 ft.) reduces airplane efficiency 30%.* Last week a Sikorsky amphibian of Varney Speed Lines flew from San Francisco Bay Airdrome to the lake, carrying Pilot Monty Sharp, Owner Walter T. Varney, two airline executives. After discharging his three passengers, Pilot Sharp managed to make the first take-off in history from Lake...