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...fashioned remedy: complete radio silence and conventional, though strictly controlled, blind flying. By sticking tightly to proper headings, noting elapsed time and speed, the pilots should have no trouble hitting West Berlin. Once there, haze-piercing, coded ground lights could direct them into Tegel with no complex letdown pattern. Tunner's key to a successful lift in bad weather: discipline must be rigid; the pilot can have almost no discretion...
...weather worsened. Fog shrouded the fjords and the airfield; a 70-m.p.h. wind and rain buffeted the plane, lashed the ocean below into scudding foam. The pilot. Captain Philip Watts, radioed Sola, reported. "I can't see a thing." and said that he would make an instrument letdown. He made one futile pass, headed back out to sea to start another approach. "Cleared to descend to 1,400 feet." advised the Sola tower. There was no reply. Next morning, after an all-night sea and air search, the fire-gutted wreckage of "Papa Mike" was found by a farmer...
...effect of subjecting women to a man's education. The strident, supercilious tone of various girls' remarks about Ivy boys amuses Birmingham, when perhaps a more adequate response would be horror. Many educators now feel that the Ivy girl's schooling is just building her up for the great letdown to come, when she is forced to play the woman's part. And many parents, not unreasonably, would and do hesitate before consenting to have their daughters turned into hardened, masculine fact machines. All of which flows by Birmingham, but does not touch him. He sees only the good...
...considerable stunt. But heavy, fast, steeply sinking jet planes have made the proposition even trickier. Their pilots cannot make a so-so approach and depend on last-minute power adjustments to keep them from overshooting or undershooting the runway. They must fly "by the numbers"-at precise letdown speeds, with their wing flaps set precisely right and their noses at the correct angle. Once a 150-ton jet is committed to land, it must follow a very narrow "slot of forgiveness," never deviating appreciably as it approaches the runway...
...Crimson rates as a two-touchdown favorite, but head coach John Yovicsin has reason for concern. McCormick, a good passer, is supported by a solid, well-balanced UMass squad, no longer the easy opponent of the 1950's. The chance of a letdown after last week's 13-6 win over Holy Cross and the recent near-upsets of Ivy League teams by Yankee Conference representatives also gives the varsity the propect of a tough game...