Word: traveller
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...scientist's sternest task is to admit the inevitable, and in space travel the unhappy inevitable may be that man can never journey "safely" to the moon and planets. But scientists are making plans just the same. The huge, multistage rocket with which Russia launched its Dognik could boost a 600-lb. capsule into orbit around the moon, and the size of the capsule can be increased by 100 Ibs. for each additional 20,000 Ibs. of thrust that Soviet scientists can coax from the boost er. Says a U.S. engineer: "The Russians probably could soft-land an instrument...
Working to Understand. One of Taizé's major goals is to foster friendship and understanding between Protestants and Roman Catholics. Two at a time, the brothers travel to Italy to spend' two months at a Franciscan monastery. "Only to understand them," explains Schutz, "to love them more, to love St. Francis of Assisi more as well." Plans are under way to visit the Benedictines as well...
Although tourist travel accounts for the biggest share of charters, corporations are joining the fun. Next week Hupp's Gibson Refrigerator Division of Greenville, Mich, will spend nearly $2,000,000 to charter 31 Pan American 707 jets to fly 5,080 dealers from 23 U.S. cities to Honolulu for a sales convention; General Electric has chartered 17 jets for a similar junket this fall. All of the nation's 16 major-league ball clubs now travel on chartered planes, and there are even charter runs to ferry monkeys and elephants from India, blooded Irish race horses...
...season. The flights entail less bother and bookkeeping than regular flights, since an entire plane is chartered for a flat rate (e.g., $22,000 for a DC-7C seating 79) to a group that collects the money from its members, handles the tickets and seating. For the economy-minded traveler, charter flights offer the equivalent of first-class service (meals include hors d'oeuvres, filet mignon, hard liquor, wine and champagne) at less than half the price, and a chance to travel with -or meet-friends. With more and more regular passengers taking jets, airlines are able...
Charter flights, of course, have their disadvantages. Flight dates are fixed and tickets are not changeable. In peak travel periods charter flights are hard to get, thus must usually be arranged twelve months in advance. Civil Aeronautics Board regulations for charter flights are strict. To qualify for an international air charter flight, an individual must have belonged to a club for more than six months, and the club must exist for a reason other than the charter flight. The CAB is usually tough about approving charter applications from club organizers and travel agents, sometimes cancels flights at the last minute...