Like a swarm of insects attracted by spilled sugar, 437 airplanes of all shapes and sizes last week buzzed into Miami for the eighth annual shindig known as the All-American Air Maneuvers. Incidents:
¶ Day before the opening, Pilot Benjamin King rode his tiny, single-seater seaplane at an average of 70.48 m.p.h. for 500 km., then at 80.93 m.p.h. for 100 km., thus taking two world records, giving the U. S. more world records than any other nation.*
¶ While 89 fighting planes took only one minute to fly past in V formations. General Frank...
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