Word: flyering
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...flyer bails out at 35,000 to 40,000 feet and pulls his rip cord at once, he will probably suffocate in the thin-aired substratosphere during the first of the 24 minutes it takes him to float to earth. But if he holds his breath for 30 seconds and plummets a while before opening his parachute, he will retain consciousness...
...command the air corps of the Fourth Air Service Area (headquarters at Pendleton, Ore.), Lieut. Colonel John A. Macready, first dawn-to-dusk flyer from New York to San Diego...
...Cracked a U.S. flyer lately returned from China: "China's population before the war was 400 million. By the end of the war China's population will be 500 million. Why? Well, the noise of the Jap planes going over at night waked them...
Died. Stephen Horthy, 38, Vice-Regent of Hungary, son and heir of 74-year-old Regent Nicholas Horthy; reportedly in aerial combat on the Russian front. A noted sportsman, flyer and amorist, he was a pal of Nazi bigwigs, who allegedly rewarded him with the presidency of the State Railways (rumor said he helped to finance the Hungarian Nazi movement with railway funds). His possible successor: ex-Hungarian Minister to Brazil Nicholas Horthy Jr., the Regent's younger...
...trying to get into the army often conceal bad eyesight by memorizing the letters on test charts (famed Flyer Quentin Roosevelt did so in World War I). Doctors must also be prepared for men who take opiates to stop diarrhea, barbiturates to reduce blood pressure, digitalis to correct an abnormal heart, etc. Concealment may succeed for years. An epileptic stayed in the regular army for years and became a technical sergeant, because his fits always came at night and his barrack-mates helped him conceal them. Eventually he had an attack during night field exercises, and army doctors retired...