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...bombs. At the newest of the fields, Chu Lai, leveled and surfaced with aluminum matting by the Seabees in less than 30 days last spring, the runway is still so short that the jets take off in a double-throated roar of engines and Jet Assisted Takeoff bottles, sometimes returning to land carrier-style with an arresting cable at runway...
...army has taken over. The departmental capital of Huancayo, 120 miles east of Lima near the heart of guerrilla activity, swarms with soldiers and military vehicles. On nearby air fields, military transports land with supplies, while helicopters and bomb-laden twin-jet Canberra bombers stand ready for takeoff. In the field some 1,500 soldiers−advised by U.S. anti-guerrilla experts−are committed against the Red terrorists...
...Force Base, some 40 miles to the southwest, which had a longer runway (11,000 ft. v. 9,700 ft. at San Francisco International). As gently as possible, he put the plane into a right turn and headed inland over Golden Gate Bridge. For the first time since takeoff ("I waited until I was fairly sure we could stay in the air"), Kimes spoke to his passengers over the plane's intercom system. Said he: "We have a minor problem, ladies and gentlemen. Well, maybe it's not so minor...
...passengers, many of whom had seen the 6,083-lb. outboard engine drop off, already knew that the problem was not so minor. Their first inkling of trouble came right after takeoff when someone yelled: "Look, the wing is on fire!" Mrs. William Richmond, who was filming the takeoff from her right-window seat over the wing, kept right on shooting as the wing erupted in flames. A few rows behind her, James Krick aimed his still camera at the disintegrating wing. Others were not so calm. The four-and six-year-old daughters of Kaleo Schroder, a Richmond, Calif...
...final burst of power he maneuvered around it, got back on course, and landed smoothly. As the plane rolled to a stop, gasoline seeping from cracks under the right wing, the passengers burst into applause, then scrambled out through emergency escape chutes. Twenty-five minutes had elapsed since takeoff...