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...cockpit And some technical-minded stranger
...push the call button. The sudden ping in the cockpit might startle the felon and provoke him to fire his pistol. This could cause the skin of your aircraft to be punctured. In the unlikely event of this occurring, follow emergency procedures...
...launched into orbit by a Saturn 1B rocket, which is not powerful enough for the moon mission. "Simply flying the vehicle will be a major test in itself," says Flight Director Lunney. "The men will do the works-move around and eat, manage the housekeeping chores and keep the cockpit running." In the process they will be fully occupied keeping track of 24 instruments, 566 switches and 40 "on-off" in dicators that show which systems are operating...
...participants would strip to the buff and sit on the floor beneath the 100-ft.-long piece of pink silk shaped like an airplane. "Over clothed bodies," he explained, "silk makes a far less interesting shape." Alas, when Byars first staged the event last week, he waited in the cockpit of the airplane, clad only in a Navajo hat, a red loincloth and black socks carefully held up by red silk garters. About 50 people came to join him, but all remained fully clothed. Manhattan may be ready for psychosculpture, but not, it seems, for psychosculpture...
...1969s (TIME, Aug. 30), Ford and G.M. will offer minor styling changes on most models, major restyling on only a few. At Ford, the major work has been done on the full-size cars, including the LTD, which will be wider and lower, boast such features as a "flight cockpit" instrument array, a short rear deck and the long hood that is fast becoming a Detroit cliche. Mustang, the car that inspired the look, is becoming fast, period. Next year's "Mach 1" model will be able to live up to the name of its "Cobra...