Word: aircraft
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...beam and the wall it held up into the cargo hold. That cut the electrical power to the plane, weakening the fuselage of the old jet. "The news that the cause was possibly mechanical failure on an old plane is likely one of the factors fueling demand for newer aircraft," said Steve Binder, senior managing director of Bear Stearns. "Many of the recent orders were motivated by airlines looking to replace their older planes (rather than increase their service...
...eighteen, Jeremy Randall Knowles was an officer in the Royal Air Force, in command of troops twice his age and aircraft worth millions. At 62, he commands the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' (FAS) $530 million annual budget and 631 junior and senior professors...
...least $122,000 in questionable contributions came from Young Brothers Development--USA, the Florida-based subsidiary of a Hong Kong real estate and aircraft brokerage. According to documents examined by TIME, the Florida company gave $75,000 in soft money to the Republican National Committee in late 1991 and an additional $47,000 sprinkled over the next three years. While foreign subsidiaries are allowed to contribute money generated in this country, the sole income earned by Young Brothers Development--USA is the rent from its only U.S. asset: a modest condominium in Washington's Georgetown section. Sources in the company...
Young, who represents European and U.S. aircraftmakers in Asia, has refused to be interviewed. Friends say he is a self-made man who worked his way to the top of Asia's competitive aerospace market by selling used aircraft parts across the region in the 1960s and '70s, sleeping in bus stations and bathing in airport rest rooms to save money. He rose to a position of power in the G.O.P. organization Republicans Abroad, and served as regional coordinator for George Bush in 1988 before giving up his U.S. citizenship...
...Barbour, according to a record kept by the Speaker. And that was not the last favor. A year later, when Barbour was invited to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in Beijing, he took along Young, giving an aviation salesman rare access to the world's fastest-growing aircraft customer...