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...took off with Grimes at the controls, the general as his copilot, and Harold Possum, 43, of Montclair, Calif., as navigator. Because Grimes added extra fuel tanks enabling it to carry 2,000 gallons of gasoline, the Coast Guard figured that the plane could stay aloft no more than an hour after losing power in one engine. Even so, DC-3s are renowned for their ditching capabilities, and searchers were at first instructed to look for a floating plane...
...previous manned spacecraft and Astronaut Mike Collins, at 35, became the first man to work outside, his ship twice during the same mission. All of which places the U.S. far ahead of Russia in almost every area of manned in space flight. rendezvous and With their docking while singular aloft skills-which the Russians have not yet begun to try-U.S. spacemen moved closer than ever to the moon...
...salt among you who cites Tinkerbelle's top speed as "seven knots an hour" [July 8]? I presume he would also go "up aloft," "down below deck," or "bear right to starboard." Tell the knothead that seven knots equals seven nautical miles an hour, and keep him away from the end of the dock...
...nation's largest airline, American's share of the domestic market has slipped from 22% to 19% in the past five years, partly because the CAB has kept it from expanding its routes at home as much as most other lines. Yet American has kept its profits aloft by paring costs and filling up its planes through promotional campaigns like the youth fare...
...question remained: would the theory prove practical in space? To find out, NASA engineers installed television cameras inside the SIV B's hydrogen fuel tank. All through the acceleration of blastoff, and while the Saturn I first stage was pushing the SIV B aloft, the TV screens at the Houston control center showed the liquid hydrogen settled and calm on the bottom of the tank, its surface barely rippling. After the first stage had dropped away and the SIV B's engine was fired to insert it into orbit, the level of the liquid hydrogen could be seen...