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Pilots gave high praise to Captain Takahama for keeping his stricken 747 in the air for at least 32 minutes after the tail damage was sustained over Sagami Bay. "In spite of such terrible conditions, the plane was kept aloft by engine thrust only," said Mitsuo Nakano, JAL's deputy chief of 747 pilots. "That is an incredible performance." A U.S. expert, Captain Homer Mouden of the Flight Safety Foundation in Arlington, Va., agreed. "The crew exhibited great courage and skill in trying to keep it sea flying," he said. But the odds loose," a United Air Lines pilot said...
...Washington the air is filled with streamers of Scott toilet paper. Frank (Tim Curry) proposes "a toast," and burnt toast pops up at a Chicago theater. At the end, when a betrayed Frank sings about "cards for sorrow, cards for pain," the cognoscenti in Berkeley mournfully toss playing cards aloft...
...ALOFT XBy Chang-Rae Lee It's like an optical illusion. Look at Jerry Battle one way, and he's got it made: retired, pile of money, kids grown, nice house. Tilt the picture just slightly, and it tells another story: his daughter is sick, he's haunted by memories of his dead wife, and his son is screwing up the landscaping business Jerry spent his life building. Of course, Jerry likes the picture the first way, but that second picture keeps looming. The quintessential novel of suburban blight, Aloft is as perfect and manicured as a Long Island...
SpaceShipOne's lift-off is inventive too. The vehicle is carried aloft tethered to the belly of a futuristic cargo plane dubbed White Knight, which takes off effortlessly and then climbs in circles of ever increasing altitude for an hour. Just when you think White Knight has disappeared from sight, SpaceShipOne separates and ignites its engine, which is fueled by nitrous oxide and rubber, and a plume of white smoke shoots straight up into the sky. Unlike the computer-driven shuttle, SpaceShipOne is controlled by an old-fashioned mechanical stick and rudder. That makes the altitude climb hair-raising...
When an NCAA referee last held aloft the arm of a Harvard wrestler, it was the fond, final farewell in the prolific career of Crimson standout Jesse Jantzen ’04, crowning him national champion at 149 pounds and Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament...