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...P.S.A. began a "no-notice inspection system" last November, in which pilots and maintenance supervisors make unannounced hangar visits to check whether needed repairs have been done. P.S.A. has also installed a cockpit system that projects speed, altitude and other essential data directly onto the lower part of the windshield. The device allows pilots to look straight ahead, rather than down at the control panel, while taking off and landing...
Murphy Jones (James Garner) is a prosperous widower who runs the nearest drugstore. His marble soda fountain and his car, a 1927 Studebaker, express his commitment to solid, old-fashioned workmanship, while the antinuke sticker on the Studi's windshield shows that he too is up-to-date on matters of faith and morals...
GOLF CLUB -- Ended an L.A. traffic dispute by taking one of these to the windshield of another driver. Charges were dropped after a civil settlement...
...David Hyman recalls a recent layover in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He had to take shelter at a nearby U.S. military base when demonstrations erupted. As a precaution, World's airplanes not only carry mechanics on many flights but also bring along 5,000 lbs. of spare parts such as tires, windshield wipers and brake pads--just in case. In an industry in which adherence to routine and regulations is required, World attracts employees who thrive on the unexpected. "I've already been to 49 countries," says Marc Vetterick, the airline's Atlanta airport manager...
...Michael Jackson trial and the Brad Pitt--Jennifer Aniston breakup. I couldn't have been more clued in to those events if I'd been living on Sunset Boulevard, nor could I have been more detached from central Wyoming, whose raw sagebrush flats were looming in my windshield but were entirely absent from my consciousness. Until an antelope crossed the road, that is, and I had to swerve hard and hit my brakes...