Word: ace
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...took just three seconds last June for the U.S. to lose two ace test pilots and more than $700 million worth of aircraft when the Air Force's XB-70 Valkyrie, a supersonic flying laboratory, collided in mid-air with an F-104 Starfighter over the Mojave Desert. The crash occurred during a flight arranged for General Electric, maker of the Valkyrie's YJ-93 engines. G.E. got Air Force officers to approve a photo-shooting session in which the XB-70 flew in close formation with four other planes, all G.E.-powered...
MAJOR JAMES KASLER, ace U.S. Air Force pilot, flew back into danger to help a buddy, and was last heard reporting: "My leg is broken." See THE WORLD...
Yellow Birds. Typical of the breed-and to many the hottest pilot-is U.S. Air Force Major James Kasler, 40, of Indianapolis, who is dubbed by his wingmates a "one-man Air Force." A World War II tail gunner and six-kill ace in Korea, Kasler in five months of flying missions over the North has limped home four times with his F-105 riddled by flak or MIGs, has seen 30 SAM missiles ("They're long, very slender and a dirty-yellow color") zoom up in his vicinity, tangled in the longest dogfight with MIGs thus...
Komsomolskaya Pravda's Ace Reporter V. Chikin was as shocked as any other true atheist by the letters pouring in from outraged readers. They complained that young people were snapping up gold-plated crosses on sale in state-run shops. Crosses! Sniffing a scoop, Chikin went snooping...
...Eastern, President Floyd Hall, 54, former pilot and later a vice president of TWA, has achieved a remarkable corporate revival since the 1963 retirement of World War I Ace Eddie Rickenbacker. By the time Hall took over, Eastern's shoddy service had led to the formation of an informal but nationwide WHEAL (for "We Hate Eastern Air Lines") club. Today, that club is only a memory. Equipment and service have vastly improved. From a $37.8 million loss in 1963, Eastern rebounded to a $29.7 million profit last year, managed to make the best return on investment (12.8%) among...