Word: wingspread
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...With a wingspread of six to seven feet, the adult golden eagle is about the same size as the full-grown bald eagle (U. S. national emblem) but the golden eagle is fiercer and stronger. It preys mostly on small mammals such as rabbits and squirrels, whereas the bald eagle's favorite food is fish. The Walkers took a baby golden eagle from an eyrie in California, christened him "Caesar," trained him to fly and return like a falcon. When Caesar was fully grown, they tested his capacity load...
Being built by Douglas in Santa Monica, the B19 will easily dwarf all previous U. S. planes, including the newest 41-ton trans-Pacific Clipper, will be half again as large as the outdated 12-motor, 100-passenger German DO-X. The Douglas B19, wingspread 210 ft., four-motored to develop 6,000 h. p., will have a 6,000-mile range, will sleep a ten-man crew. Although an experiment in military plane-building, the B-19 is expected greatly to influence peacetime passenger transport trends...
...Langenhagen picture, made at about 5,000 ft., several planes can be seen moving across the field around (3). There are apparently 23 Heinkel He 111K bombers, twin-motored with a 75-ft. wingspread, two Junkers transports and three others. Oil spots on the runways show where planes are regularly parked. The hangars around the upper edge of the field are staggered in position so that they cannot be lined up for bombing...