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...year out, to the din of the proverbial boiler factory would eventually result in permanent, irreversible hearing loss. Riveters were particularly susceptible. Then they learned that the same thing happened to aviators. And after the advent of jets, the hazard applied to ground crews at airports and flight-deck personnel aboard aircraft carriers-hence the introduction of insulated, noise-absorbing plastic earmuffs...
Earlier in the day, Nixon had surprised everyone and irritated many by announcing that Agnew was his choice. The Maryland governor had not been mentioned as a contender by any of the news media. The New York Times this morning devoted the second deck of an eight-column headline to the improving chances of Lindsay. Others considered likely by those who didn't know were Sen. Mark Hatfield (Ore.) and Sen. Charles Percy...
Landing on the makeshift "flight deck" is a ticklish operation demanding split-second timing by pilot and boat crew. As a UH-1 chopper hovers over the mini-carrier, the landing area is invisible to the pilot, who must rely on hand signals from one of the boat's seven-man crew. Meanwhile, the boat's captain maneuvers his vessel under the skids of the descending helicopter. The air-sea mating has become a smooth routine. In more than 2,000 landings, there has yet to be a serious mishap...
...almost gone by the time we were over Viet Nam. The setting sun bathed the clouds in orange as the pilot, Major John Thigpen, 38, of Windsor, N.C., banked his B-52 into the bomb run. Below him, on the lower deck, the bombardier-navigator, Major Leonard Harris, 39, of Atlanta, hunched behind his radarscope, adjusting the scanner, like a television cameraman, until it gave him a moving, living map of partially cloud-obscured plantation country northwest of Saigon. Under that cover was the target, a suspected troop concentration. Everything had to go right the first time. The slightest navigational...
...hijackers, a swarthy man who had evidently had flying experience, opened the unlocked door to the flight deck, clubbed Copilot Maoz Poraz with the butt of his pistol, and slid into a seat behind Captain Oded Abarbanel, ordering a change of course to Algiers. Back in the cabin, his two accomplices brandished pistols and hand grenades in order to keep the frightened passengers in their seats...