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...taxied out on a runway at Stephenville, Newfoundland, and pointed in the general direction of London. Colonel J. M. Gillespie, her commander, pushed a button. From then on, the plane behaved as if an invisible crew were working her controls. The four engines roared for the takeoff, the brakes let go, the plane sped down the runway and climbed up over the Atlantic while the wheels retracted automatically. At 9,000 ft., it leveled off and headed for London at normal cruising speed...
...Each guanay eats about 60 small fish a day and deposits annually some five kilos (11 Ibs.) of guano. Steamers passing the Chincha Islands are forbidden to blow their whistles lest the birds take off, fertilizing the sea. The guanayes have a bad habit of flying low after their takeoff, and their tailfeathers brush guano off the cliffs. Señor Llosa is ringing the steep-sided islands with walls, to force the birds to gain altitude more quickly...
...everybody. Invited to go hunting on a large Austrian estate, he accepted; he shot bustards there. The great bustard (Otis tarda) is Europe's largest land bird and bears a superficial resemblance to the turkey. It has a phlegmatic temperament and is tardy on the takeoff. Hardly anybody needs a telescopic sight to hit a bustard...
Drafts & Nausea. The typical air passenger, says McFarland, arrives at the airport flushed, harried, overfed and in a state of foreboding about his coming flight. As a result, his tense body gets into trouble adjusting to sudden changes of pressure, temperature, etc. His difficulties grow soon after the takeoff. The plane becomes both too hot and too cold. Disagreeable drafts swirl around his ankles and eyes. The cold air, after being scooped into the plane at 200-300 m.p.h., becomes unpleasantly dry as it warms up. It makes the passenger's eyes smart and aggravates his cold or sinus...
...Neptune will have the whole "thrust unit" (combustion chamber and discharge tube) mounted so that it can be moved slightly. Gyroscopic stabilizing instruments in the nose will play the jet from side to side like water from a hose, overcoming the rocket's tendency to wobble on the takeoff...