Word: crashes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Neither system would appear to permit flight at altitudes in excess of 35,000 feet. Both systems would probably be limited to subsonic speeds, and both would present severe operational and ground-handling hazards, particularly in the event of a crash...
...year-old plane, found it sound. They recovered its engines and much of its navigational gear, gave them a clean bill. They ran 25 hours of test flights and landings in the Charlottesville area, scrutinizing the ground control stations. Finally they decided that mechanical failure had not caused the crash...
...four different kinds of tranquilizers, finally put him on Prozine (dosage: three to four pills per day). For a few months he seemed to be in fine spirits; he bought a set of golf clubs, talked enthusiastically to his fellow pilots about going hunting. Before the crash, Lavrinc made a final, exultant entry in his diary: "Thank God! Victory at last...
...should be grounded. "Captain Lavrinc," said the CAB, "was so heavily burdened with mental and emotional problems that he should have been relieved of the strain of flight duty while undergoing treatment for his condition." For the first time in aviation history, an official CAB report said of a crash: "A contributing factor to the accident may have been preoccupation of the captain resulting from mental stress...
Thurs., April 27 Summer Sports Spectacular (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Former World Champion Dick Button leads U.S. and Canadian skating stars in a tribute to 18 U.S. skaters who died in the Feb. 15 Brussels air crash...