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Director and head pilot of Ad Astra Aero, later becoming Swissair; [134] first north-south crossing of Africa (7 Dec 1926 – 21 Feb 1927); [citation needed] pioneer of aerial photography (Spitsbergen, 1923; Mount Kilimanjaro, 1929); [citation needed] personally flew/delivered a Fokker to Emperor Haile Selassie I (1934). [135] John Joseph ...
The clues and puzzles used throughout the run were written by veteran crossword puzzle maker Timothy Parker, who also writes the USA Today crossword and was hand-picked by Griffin. Crosswords was sold to approximately 100+ markets and aired during the 2007-2008 season, usually placed in mid-morning or early afternoon slots.
Carlo Schmid, youngest solo pilot to fly around the world; Jon Scott, American journalist, anchor for Fox News channel; Al Secord, former NHL player; Ryan Shore, Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated composer for film, television, games, theater and records; Nevil Shute, popular British novelist; successful aeronautical engineer; Dean Smith, American ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Around this time, Post met fellow Oklahoman Will Rogers when he flew Rogers to a rodeo, and they eventually became close friends. Post was the personal pilot of wealthy Oklahoma oilmen Powell Briscoe and F.C. Hall in 1930, when Hall bought a high-wing, single-engine Lockheed Vega, one of the most famous record-breaking aircraft of the early 1930s.
Raymonde de Laroche (22 August 1882 – 18 July 1919) was a French pilot, thought to be the first woman to pilot a plane. She became the world's first licensed female pilot on 8 March 1910. She received the 36th aeroplane pilot's licence issued by the Aeroclub de France, the world's first organization to issue pilot licences. At the time, pilot ...
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"Big Joe" – Joe McCarthy, RAF Bomber Command pilot (617 Squadron) in the Second World War "Bing" – K. B. B. Cross, British World War II RAF pilot "Bird" – Herbert Carmichael Irwin, Irish commander of British airships including R101 [2] "Black Swallow of Death" – Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot