Word: diversities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Divers salvage Soviet gold
DIED. Edwin Link, 77, inventor of the Link flight simulator, a device used to train millions of military and commercial airline pilots for instrument landings; of cancer; in Binghamton, N.Y. A seasoned pilot at age 25, Link built his first simulator in 1929 and, as the head of Link Aviation...
A leased surface support ship, the Sea Level 11, was an chored directly above the wreck. The crew of 32 included four underwater cameramen and a group of commercial divers who ordinarily work on offshore oil rigs and salvaging of wrecks. They worked in teams of four, transferring through an...
Nerves frayed as physical exhaustion set in. Divers worked in a murky tangle of air and communication lines, hot water continuously pumping through their wet suits for warmth. Said Supervising Diver Steve Jennings: "This is the hardest-bad currents, high seas, a rotting ship. The Doria was a weird wreck...
At the South Street Seaport, Prince Charles and First Lady Nancy Reagan, 59, boarded Publisher Malcolm Forbes' 126-ft. yacht Highlander, but only after Navy and police divers had combed the ship's hull for explosives. Cruising up the Hudson with the Prince and the First Lady were...