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...fighting the Imam of Oman at the eastern end of the Arabian peninsula, now face the possibility of difficulty from the Imam of Yemen on their Aden borders. In supplying arms to the Imam of Yemen, the Russians counted on their use for outside mischiefmaking: as the leading head-chopper among Arab potentates, the Imam has little domestic opposition. The Imam of Yemen is hardly abreast of the 4th century, but the Communists can nonetheless be expected to continue complaining that it is the U.S. that backs reactionary and feudal Arab rulers...
Shell-Chopped Chopper. The Air Force culled its files for helicopter pilots who had 2,000 to 4,000 hours of flight time without accident. Ten were ordered to Washington for interviews with a three-man board headed by Draper. Their life histories were probed, their technical knowledge plumbed, and they were told only that they might have to fly some "very important people...
...affable World War II veteran from Rule, Texas. Flying B-175, Pilot Barrett was shot down over Schweinfurt, Germany, spent 19 months in a German prison camp. In 1947 he transferred to helicopters, logged 250 combat hours in Korea, won a Silver Star for flying a shell-chopped chopper 70 miles behind enemy lines to retrieve a wounded fighter pilot...
Basically, the stellar photometer is a new application of lead sulphide cells, and the photoelectric effect upon which it depends is similar to that in an ordinary exposure meter. The chief mechanical difference lies in what Dr. Miczaika describes as a "chopper," which eliminates background light...
...every damn gun they had firing. Frankly, it was so bad I would rather have taken my chances at staying on the ground . . ." When Wilkins was dangling about three feet off the ground, another blast of Communist fire struck the hovering whirlybird and it crashed to the ground. "The chopper's door opened, and I saw Jack Koelsch and George Neal hanging upside down in their belts. 'Are you O.K.?' I yelled at them. 'Never mind that,' Jack answered...