Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 92
... land , take off , do a short circuit round the aero- drome , turn into wind , and land again . This would be done perhaps a dozen times or more , and we would all sit up and take notice and see if he came down lightly like a bird , or ...
... land , take off , do a short circuit round the aero- drome , turn into wind , and land again . This would be done perhaps a dozen times or more , and we would all sit up and take notice and see if he came down lightly like a bird , or ...
Page 93
... land - at well over 100 feet up ! Then as I was beginning to wonder how on earth I was going to get rid of all that surplus height , and avoid land- ing on the hangars at the far end , I would feel the throttle firmly opened and Jim ...
... land - at well over 100 feet up ! Then as I was beginning to wonder how on earth I was going to get rid of all that surplus height , and avoid land- ing on the hangars at the far end , I would feel the throttle firmly opened and Jim ...
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... land for two years , pointing out , prob- ably quite truthfully , that his poultry losses had , in conse- quence , been considerable . He was told tactfully that the flourishing crop of wire made hunting over his or his neigh- bours ' land ...
... land for two years , pointing out , prob- ably quite truthfully , that his poultry losses had , in conse- quence , been considerable . He was told tactfully that the flourishing crop of wire made hunting over his or his neigh- bours ' land ...
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FoxStrangways | 34 |
A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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