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Before they knew it. two Syrian MIG 17 jets swooped down in an "aggressive" pass. Dalgleish plunged the royal plane earthward, hedgehopped for 20 minutes as it fled back to the Jordanian border while the Syrian MIGs, flown somewhat amateurishly, made five more "quarter attacks" at the plane, but without firing. Landed safely at his capital city of Amman, King Hussein turned to Dalgleish, grinned: "Let's have some breakfast...
...long-range missile lives only for its nose. Once shot into space, the nose, with its payload of thermonuclear explosive, speeds on alone, and its problem becomes re-entry into the atmosphere. U.S. missilemen need nose cones that will not burn up from friction as they plummet earthward in a long arc at up to 16,000 m.p.h...
Neither Tangeman nor Boulukos is majoring in science, but both were certain that they could record and send valuable scientific data earthward. Tangeman pointed out that a human being could certainly be of more help than a dog. "I demand man in place of animal," he said in the telegram...
...Harry, in their ejector seats, shot upward from the aircraft, and their parachutes blossomed in the mist. But for the other four members of the crew, whose only exit was through the plane's underside, there was no chance. The Vulcan's nose cut earthward again, and the aircraft skidded along the concrete runway in a trail of blazing fuel. A thunderous explosion rent...
...does not expect it to solve all problems, such as an enemy hit on the cockpit itself. "In many cases, however," says Douglas Engineer Albert Mayo, "it will enable the pilot to survive. It will not guarantee him a comfortable bailout, and if the jet is headed earthward at Mach 2 and 6,000 ft. off the deck, nothing can save...