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Columbia emerged from its radio blackout nearly 30 miles off course and some 3,000 ft. lower than the flight plan called for. But Engle and Truly found the ship surprisingly aerodynamic, even without an engine. With only occasional assists from their little thruster rockets, they were able to get it quickly back on course. Such responsiveness certainly delights Chris Kraft. Says he: "We gained a great deal more confidence in the flying capability of this machine. We're beginning to prove our belief that it will perform as advertised...
Sixteen min. later, after emerging from the blackout, Engle gave his machine the test pilot's ultimate accolade: "The bird is real solid. A good solid bird all the way." From Mission Control came a relieved reply: "Well, we love hearin' it." As Engle's bird approached California's Big Sur country, it was flying faster than a bullet-at ten times the speed of sound-and dropping like a rock, 20 times faster than a similar-size DC-9 jet on landing. Finally, it came out of the blue, a tiny, glistening white speck that...
...hours that followed, as wire service, radio, newspaper and television reporters scrambled for more information in the face of a virtual news blackout in Cairo (airports closed, satellite transmissions embargoed, the government silent), a curious thing happened...
...helluva town/ The Bronx is up but the Battery's down. And so it seemed last Wednesday, when the battery ran down again in Manhattan. This time the lights went out from the Battery to Wall Street through Greenwich Village and as far north as 42nd Street. The blackout came just before rush hour when a substation transformer exploded. On Wall Street, the looting was lighter than usual; the stock exchanges had to close early. The streets around Macy's and Gimbels were packed with evicted shoppers. Only the dead tired knew Brooklyn, as thousands of stranded straphangers...
...statement is too good not to be true. In fact, the entire Harding Administration is a humorist's despair; at a certain point, venality and incompetence simply transcend parody. Historian Charles L. Mee Jr. understands this. His brisk, hilarious retelling of the Harding saga resembles a series of blackout sketches. Facts are trotted out quickly, to speak and bray for themselves...