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Sentimentalists often mourn for captive eagles, prevented by cruel man from soaring into the sky. But eagles, says Dr. Hediger, do not really like to fly long distances, and never do so except when forced by hunger. If grounded in a cage and fed regularly, they live to a ripe...
Wing & a Prayer. In Pŏ;rto Alegre, Brazil, aeronautics inspectors grounded Pilot Sebastiao Afonso Corbeta when they learned that 1) he had been landing his plane at night on a pitch-dark 100-yard strip, 2) his carburetor was full of sand, 3) his tires were patched with cut...
In the B-36's early days it was grounded so frequently by "bugs" in the 30 miles of wiring, tubing and cables that the crews dubbed it "the ramp rooster." But after long, slow shakedown, it is now admiringly known as "the magnesium monster," and the SACmen are...
Misbombed. Many of the U.S. airmen at this strip last week were war-trained pilots who had been grounded by the Truman Administration's economy decision last year (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). These men were sent to Korea to act as ground crews, but when Korean pilots turned out to...
In the first inning it appeared that the game would be a high scoring affair, as both pitchers seemed shaky. Johnny Caulfield, hitting second, smashed a single through short and then moved around to third when John White doubled down the third base line. Caulfield was out trying to score...