Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weeks have passed since the Varsity crew ensconced itself as Eastern sprint champion for the second straight year, and Tom Bolles has allowed his boys to take life pretty easy during that time, exams claiming precedence over daily drills...
...spring sports, Eliot took one first place, a stretch win in the crew races, three seconds (baseball, softball and tennis), and a third (golf), to win the season with 541 1/4 points. Kirkland with 531 1/4 points was the runner-up, followed by Winthrop with 498 3/4, Leverett with 482 1/2, Dunster with 447 1/2, Adams with 423 3/4, Lowell with 345, and Dudley with...
...fortnight-old crew finals, Eliot slid home ahead of Winthrop and Adams. Kirkland headed the non-finalists in front of Dunster and Lowell who were tied for fifth, with Leverett and Dudley bringing up the rear...
...buttons and warning lights. They crowd for attention in front of the pilot and copilot. They encrust the walls, drip from the roof like stalactites and overflow into the cubbyhole where the flight engineer sits. On a Boeing Strato-liner, there are 598 gadgets to watch. The three-man crew must know what each one is, where it is, and how to use it instantly. In an emergency, a few seconds of fumbling may mean a crash...
...first with startling realism. The cabin vibrates convincingly. The monotonous beat of the guiding radio beam throbs in the pilot's headset. If the instructor chooses to start a fire in an engine, an alarm bell blasts, the pilot stops the engine, and the controls react violently. The crew must know instantly how to bring in a crippled plane, be able to find the runway with a blind-landing system. Even the squeak of tires is heard as the wheels hit the concrete on a landing. The crewmen come back from their simulated flight in a sweat that...