Word: cabin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Egypt." Behind his bravado was the Premier's knowledge that a joint Anglo-Egyptian company was in the making to operate Egypt's airfields after the war. With well-timed tact the British Government had sent King Farouk his handsomest birthday gift: a twin-engined, air-conditioned cabin plane from the Royal Air Force...
...smooth, comfortable ride, with no vibration, little noise. Passengers would hear only the rush of air over the plane's wings; groundlings do not hear the plane at all until it is overhead, when it whooshes past like the blast of a giant blowtorch. Equipped with a pressurized cabin, the plane is expected to cruise at well over 400 m.p.h., and to fly at altitudes above the prewar U.S. record (43,166 ft). Once a pilot gets used to it, it is easier to fly than a fast propeller-driven plane. It is also safer and easier to keep...
Steps Retraced. General MacArthur had boarded one of Admiral Barbey's ships off Leyte when Oldendorf's force was already off Bataan. On the voyage, the general spent a good part of each day sitting in the doorway of the captain's cabin. He had the air of a man whose work was already done: the planning had been so complete that he had only a few short conferences with his staff. With satisfaction he told LIFE Photographer Carl Mydans: "This is the same route I followed when I came out of the Philippines...
...class outlook has improved 300 percent, the over-all alertness increased, and morale advanced considerably since the advent of the 0840 morning rising. Those interested in long run results should take note. Besides, Charlie Sayler reports that as a result Cowie is working practically on a cabin mess basis--and still we have liver. Things are tough all over...
...U.S.S. Ward, a 23-year-old, four-piper destroyer, rolling back to Pearl Harbor from a routine patrol, picked up a startling report from a minesweeper: a mysterious object, possibly a submarine, had been detected in the darkness to the west. From the skipper's cabin, Lieut. William W. Outerbridge, nervously proud of his first full command, hurried out to direct a search. Finding nothing, he gave the order to secure from general quarters, went back to sleep...