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...something like this: A Pan Am flight (we'll call it 123) is approaching Rome and the tower tells the pilot to go to 10,000 ft. and hold. He acknowledges, and his first officer says, "Say, didn't I hear them give the same instructions to BOAC 456, coming in behind us?" "Hey, I think so," says the captain. "I'd better call in and ask them." So he calls the Fiurnicino tower, saying "Tower, this is Pan Am 123. You told me to go to 10,000 ft. and hold, and my first officer says...
...intimate with his characters' hurts, hopes, desires and fighting instincts as an incomparable specialist doing open-heart surgery. The cast cannot be praised singly or too highly. All are Americans, yet their English accents are so authentic that they seem to have been flown in by BOAC. Director Michael Rudman has elicited ensemble acting from this group that rates close to perfect. As for the Long Wharfs artistic director Arvin Brown, he knows viscerally what is good in drama, and season after season he presents it with honesty, professionalism and élan vital. Lincoln Center should beg, borrow...
...contrast, the 4,000 Asians who had landed in Britain by the end of last week paid BOAC, British Caledonian and East African Airways a usuriously high charter fare of $286 a seat, more than the average family would pay on a scheduled flight. At their destination they found a mixed reception. Amin's threats of detention have created a climate of sympathy and good will for the victims of his mass expulsion of Asians holding British citizenship. But there still remains a strong undercurrent of racist opposition to the new arrivals. Responding to local pressures in some cities...
...number of lines, including American, BOAC, TWA, Pan American and Delta, have had to pull engines out of service. Pan Am normally repairs one or two engines a month for second-stage blade malfunctions but so far in July has had to work over twelve engines at New York's Kennedy Airport. Supremely conscientious about safety, Pan Am in some cases has had to transfer passengers to another of its planes or even another airline. Passengers have had to change planes lately in Teheran, Lisbon and Frankfurt...
...jumbo jet. It is small wonder that the builders, British Aircraft Corp. and France's Aerospatiale, do not have a single firm order so far, although 16 airlines have options for 74 planes. The builders do not expect all those options to be taken up. Even state-owned BOAC and Air France have not signed contracts to buy, despite intense pressure from their governments. The two airlines are holding out for the governments to offer low-interest, long-term loans and guarantees against operating losses. The officers of most lines, still struggling with the high costs and excess capacity...