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...Kola Peninsula is a highly sensitive military area for the Soviet Union. Not only is Murmansk the home port for Russia's northern fleet, but there are an estimated 900,000 soldiers and airmen based on the peninsula. Since the Soviets not only had the two key crewman but also the Korean airliner and its "black box" of tapes that record a plane's functioning throughout a flight, it might be some time before all of the mysteries were cleared...
...planned a 1956 flight with the tough-talking general to Goose Bay in Labrador. Jones' concern turned out to be justified. LeMay walked unexpectedly through a door in the C-97, and a startled flight engineer dropped a hatch, which hit the general on the head. Next a crewman guarding another open hatch was distracted just as LeMay approached, and the commander fell into the hole, suffering scratches and bruises. Finally, LeMay was walking forward in the aircraft, lighting his ever present cigar, when someone unintentionally slammed a door in his face. "I think they're trying...
...downwind-in devising racing strategy. Says North: "I do things more by what seems to be right by testing and not by how it feels. I'm an analytical sailor." But his restlessness on board and his penchant for consulting everyone on tactical decisions rattled his sailors. Enterprise Crewman Andy MacGowan explains: "The problem with North's style is that things happen so fast in a race. You haven't got the luxury of time." Still, North seems to have settled down in recent weeks, and the crew is, at last, becoming cohesive: Enterprise's execution...
...poor performance. Despite their lengthy trials, Independence crew members appear inexperienced, tangling themselves in tricky maneuvers and performing routine tasks with little dash and less speed. Unlike North, Hood stays at the helm, and unlike Turner, he does not use it as a soapbox, never shouting at an erring crewman. "I'm slower and more easygoing," Hood explains. "I never gamble unless I'm sure the odds are 3 to 1 in my favor. I'm more of a percentage sailor...
...charged toward them, waited for it to turn away. But it kept coming. Moving fast-about 17 knots-the sub slammed into the left quarter of the Voge, bounced off, then wallowed in the frigate's wake. The Voge limped off with one injured crewman and a gashed hull. The sub, with damage visible on its bow, deck, conning tower and missile ports, eventually churned off slowly in another direction...