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...April 2. First came a long-range, delta-winged Vulcan bomber from a base at Ascension Island, some 3,800 miles away. The Vulcan refueled in the air on the way to its target, dropped 21 half-ton bombs and, said a British defense official in London, left the airfield "severely cratered...
...their business success, the couple from the basement flat in Pimlico has won a British export award and been invited for a visit on the royal yacht Britannia. The Ashleys now live much of the year in a 17-bedroom, 18th century chateau in northern France. At a small airfield near by, Bernard keeps a Beechcraft King Air plane, which he uses to fly off to business meetings. And while fashion trends come and go, Laura Ashley in tends to continue selling ruffles and romance. Says she: "What the eye sees is important. High tech is too hard; people need...
John Anthony Stubbs, a British pilot who worked for Wilson until he was asked to deliver arms to a Chad airfield under siege, told TIME last week that as many as 45 Americans have also been recruited to help train Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists in Libya. According to Stubbs, the training operation is based in Kufra, about 800 miles south of Tripoli, and run by former U.S. Marine Corps Pilot Robert Hitchman, who once worked for the CIA-financed company Air America and now lives in an apartment in Wilson's villa. Says Stubbs: "I met Hitchman in Saigon...
...equipment dealer, sees to his far-flung clients' needs by plane. Robert McDaniels, a retired airline pilot who lives in Naper Aero, near Chicago, owns four planes. One is a 1917 wooden-frame Jenny; another is a two-seater he uses to give flying lessons at a nearby airfield...
...Moezi landed at a military airfield in Evreux, 55 miles west of Paris. After 43 days in hiding, Banisadr was free. But the entourage had to wait at the airport for four hours until French officials, fearing retaliation against some 100 French citizens still in Iran, extracted a written pledge from Banisadr and Rajavi forswearing any political activity involving their home country...