Word: aerially
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Colonel Robin Olds, 44, a 23-kill ace in World War II (TIME, Jan. 13), became the first U.S. pilot to destroy two MIGs over Viet Nam, downing a fast MIG-21 in a swirling, 20-minute aerial free-for-all near Hanoi...
...they were designed for: carting supplies, ferrying troops, evacuating wounded. But, decked out with bolt-on guns and rocket launchers, the shaking, rattling and rolling choppers are less than perfect for close-in fire support. Looking for a solution, the Army last year awarded an $86 million AAFSS (Advance Aerial Fire Support System) development contract to a company that, until recently, had never been in the helicopter business at all: Lockheed Aircraft Corp...
...sight of the Expressway there are more lambs, more stacks of oranges, more imported Italian groceries. Then, just when the banquet seems ended, pass through the shadow of the aerial highway and the world is bananas, watermelons and parsnips. Friday and Saturday the outdoor pushcart market comes to Dock Square, and the North End goes shopping. The vendors set up their pushcarts on Blackstone Street and enclose themselves in a square of crates. Pyramids of tomatoes and oranges. Baskets of brocholi. "A-spare-a-grass. Four pounds for 95 cents. A-spare-a-grass here," yells a short, bouncy vendor...
Citing Viet Cong atrocities against South Vietnamese civilians, he deplored the fact that "one hears little of this brutality here at home. What we do hear about is our own aerial bombing against North Viet Nam." Addressing himself to those who criticize the U.S. unilaterally for "escalating" the war, he noted that the North Vietnamese enemy "believes in force, and his intensification of violence is limited only by his resources and not by any moral inhibitions...
First, he bought an enlarged aerial photograph of the mob scene, ruled it off in 1-in. squares, and used a magnifying glass to count heads. After four hours of eye-wracking work, he reached the total: 2,804-less than half of the swollen newspaper estimates. To find a mathematical short cut to more precise estimation, he showed up at other rallies, noted that the plaza was divided into 22-ft. squares. By counting the number of students in several squares and dividing, he was able to compute the average area occupied by an individual. This varied, he deduced...