Word: flyering
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Meanwhile, not all U. S. hearts still throbbed as one in affection for Colonel Lindbergh. At Dayton, Ohio, rancor still dwelt among the populace whom the flyer last fortnight "affronted" by driving through Dayton's back streets to visit Orville Wright, ancestor of aviation. Though Colonel Lindbergh had repeatedly explained his visit was wholly "unofficial" and had begged that there be no Dayton speeches or parade, eminent Daytonians were chagrined beyond gracefulness. Last week they were still bitterly quoting their police chief's description of the Lindbergh tactics: "a dirty, back-alley trick." Mayor Allen C. McDonald...
...York Times Co., in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, South America, Europe and the British Empire, they were widely syndicated. Countless breakfast eggs grew cold while readers feasted upon "Lindbergh's own story," devoured the flight-tale as told in the first person by the flyer himself...
Last week passenger Vittorio contributed an article to the news organ Tricolor. Honest, he admitted: "I closed my eyes for a minute. . . . When I opened them we were up high. . . ." Enthusiastic, he fairly crowed: "I am a real flyer now and I hope father will let me go up again soon...
...Pinedo. Commander Francesco de Pinedo, famed flying Fascist, was forced last week to land on the Atlantic near the Azores Islands on the next-to-last leg of his 26,000-mile, four-continent flight. Premier Mussolini stayed up all night until he heard that Flyer de Pinedo's plane had been towed safely to Fayal, Azores. Soon Commander de Pinedo expects to hop to Rome and receive a long-delayed welcome...
...adulterated by that morbid interest which the public loves to take in its heroes. The old policy of sentimental advertising is followed: a popular song has appeared in his honor, and Parisian cafes have doubtless added a dash to absinthe to some drink and christened the concoction after the flyer...