Word: deadstick
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lift a heavy stone from a burning cockpit. In Labrador airmen fed the dog teams used for rescue work. And off West Palm Beach, Fla. an Air Force crash boat pulled a pilot from the drink. When his engine flamed out, he had radioed: "I'm going to deadstick her down." Then, after a moment of mature consideration, he changed his mind, declared, "No, I ain't," and bailed...
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