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...completely with all manifestations of disunity. We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and action must proceed from the interests of the whole party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle.... We must combat individualism and sectarianism so as to enable our whole Party to march in step and fight for one common goal...
...dreams come true for would-be fighter aces who take to the California skies in mock air combat. The "kills" are simulated, but the chills are for real...
...were flying -- with the indispensable help of flight instructors -- in identical Italian-built, Marchetti SF.260W air-force trainers, experiencing the sometimes sickening thrill of aerial combat, but without the lethal weapons. I am neither a licensed pilot nor a natural-born killer. But this was a Walter Mitty dream of combat come true -- and, as someone once said about bullfighting, it may be inexcusable, but it's irresistible...
That's what Mike Blackstone and his crew at Air Combat U.S.A. in Fullerton, Calif., have going for them. "We're having altogether too much fun around here," he says. Since he bought his first two-seat trainers and went into the business last spring, more than 1,000 would-be fighter aces have flown sorties. For about $500 a flight, Air Combat U.S.A. will give the Top Gun fanatic an exhilarating course in aerial tactics guaranteed to put your stomach in your throat with maneuvers that test the mettle of experienced nonmilitary pilots -- not to mention the amateurs, like...
...Combat operations shack at Fullerton Municipal Airport is a beehive, as pairs of fledgling aces go through their briefings, don flight suits and parachutes and climb into the low-wing propeller planes for the thrill of a lifetime. When the planes return from the hour-long flight, airsickness bags are discreetly discarded and a debriefing takes place using videotape from the cockpit and gun camera of each airplane. (Trainees keep the videotapes as a souvenir...