Word: dc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Presented in an anthology, with a selection from a famous work by Thomas Dc Quincy, the student might find it of little interest. Presented with a set of his complete works in 44 volumes, he might discover, for example, an essay on Judas Iscariot that fascinated him. In the present system of education, it is rare that a student will discover anything...
...also announced that noise limits have been established for the forthcoming breed of "jumbo jets" -Boeing's 747, Lockheed's L-1011 and McDonnell Douglas' DC-10. The legal maximum for jumbo noise will be considerably lower than the sound made by large jet engines now in operation; in effect, it will cut in half the noise audible to those on the ground. Under the new limits, the jet noise should be no louder than that heard by a man running a power mower with a four-cycle engine, the FAA promised, and only a quarter...
...spotted a blip on their screens. The interloper, probably a rubbernecking Soviet submarine, remained faithful through the passage. Beyond the strait, the Manhattan faced the most dangerous leg of the journey -Viscount Melville Sound and, finally, ice-choked McClure Strait. An elaborate scouting system went into action. A Canadian DC-4 survey plane, with a special ice-scanning dome, surveyed the 1,100-mile passage. Photographs were taken of the route just ahead and dropped to the Manhattan for study. Two helicopters, based on the ship's fantail, flew ahead of the convoy, occasionally landing...
...nation's overcrowded airways, already clogged by 2,600 commercial and 120,000 private aircraft, pose a more direct threat to life. Last week a single-engine Piper Cherokee, piloted by a plumber on a solo training flight, lopped off the tail section of an Allegheny Airlines DC-9 as the jetliner headed for a landing at Indianapolis' Weir Cook Airport. Eighty-three persons were killed, including the pilot of the private plane. It was the 19th time this year that two planes have collided and the 58th time since the start...
...Vegas' Desert Inn golf course. Only recently has the slim, dark-haired entrepreneur begun to show signs that the jet-set life might appeal to him. Last winter, he launched a 147-ft. motor yacht and traded up from a Lockheed Jetstar to a white-and-green DC-9 jet in which he installed a lavish office. It was the first such plane in the world acquired for personal use; a second was sold later to Playboy Hugh Hefner...