Word: condors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CONDOR PASSES by Shirley Ann Grau. 421 pages. Knopf...
...fares already in effect. Lufthansa officials also claimed that they want to lower some rates even below those now proposed by I.A.T.A. Should the high basic rates of scheduled carriers remain in effect, however, Lufthansa is in a strong position to become a major charter carrier. Its charter subsidiary Condor was the first such firm to buy a Boeing 747 jetliner, and it will soon have a second...
...blue afternoon sky above Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, a thin red line grew from the roof of One Oliver Plaza, a 37-floor office building. Twisting and looping in the stiff wind, the thing looked like a string of huge frankfurters seized with the ambitions of a condor. In fact, it was a 1,500-ft. red polyethylene tube, filled with 4,500 cu. ft. of helium. The line rose over the skyline and began to dance, guided by twelve men straining on guy ropes on the roof far below. One link tore off as the wind lashed...