Word: crews
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...balloons in the U.S. A decade later the number was 300, and today there are nearly 1,000. In this age of Concordes and space shuttles, some 3,000 balloon pilots are licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration, and perhaps twice as many friends and relatives serve as nonlicensed crew members...
...chase crew-Dougie's father and Lewis-follows by car, keeping in touch by CB radio. We have been aloft in the midsummer air for nearly an hour, using a tank of propane and traveling eight miles, when Dougie spots a convenient grassy knoll. He releases the hot air and drops us gently to the ground. Now it is time for the champagne...
...NASA officials-and much of the nation via television-watched with ringers crossed, the shuttle, christened Enterprise after the spaceship in Star Trek, swooped in graceful arcs down through the clear desert air over Edwards Air Force Base in California. Then, as if both ship and crew had been doing it forever, it touched down perfectly and rolled to a stop on the 11-km.-long (7 miles) bed of Rogers Dry Lake...
...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, marked by sloppiness and uncertainty in the early going, has become much crisper and quicker. As a result, during July Enterprise won seven races for an overall match record so far of eleven wins and twelve losses to Courageous...
Perhaps Hood spread himself too thin; perhaps the hull design was too conservative; no one, not even Hood, can explain the boat's 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...