Next to Singer Lawrence Tibbett, Flyer James Harold Doolittle is the most famed member of the Class of 1914 at Los Angeles' Manual Arts High School. In 1922 he became the first man to cross the U. S. in less than 24 hours. In 1931 he became the first to do it in less than twelve. Last week American Airlines invited him to pilot one of its eight-passenger single-motored Vultees on a non-stop coast-to-coast run.
Blown far off his course by crosswinds, forced to fly blind the whole way through fog and snow, Pilot...
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