Word: midair
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Tests made on land with the new 4,300-pound demolition bomb, carried by a Handley Page aeroplane, illustrated the power of the new weapon. Released from midair, the bomb buried itself in compact, sandy soil. A moment later the explosion threw soil almost 1,000 feet into the air and left a crater 19 feet deep, 64 feet in diameter. One thousand cubic yards of earth had been displaced...
...Jersey Coast-is the plan of W. C. Griesser, rich Pittsburgher. In Manhattan, Harry S. Black, realtor, plans a full-sized house built on the roof of the Hotel Plaza. Bungalows have been built on Manhattan office buildings for several years-this is the first house-in-midair. An unnamed " sea monster" was captured off the coast of Florida. It was "40 feet long, 23 feet in circumference, weighed 15 tons." Its stomach contained a "400-pound octopus, 1,500 pounds of blackfish, 500 of rock coral...
...night's sleep, on a soft bed, in midair, and a thousand miles traveled between sunset and sunrise...