Word: falconer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...view among the 415 exhibits at the National Business Aircraft Association Convention, the industry's biggest trade show, were aircraft ranging from a luxurious $3.6 million helicopter to superlight planes made of titanium and graphite-epoxy composites. Multinational companies were attracted to the Falcon 900 (price: $13.5 million), a 27-seat craft introduced last month and capable of flying from New York to Tokyo with just one stop. High-rolling investment bankers liked the Gulfstream IV 19-passenger twin jet (also $13.5 million), with video screens at every seat and a computerized flight deck that an airline captain might...
...remains devoted to his three children, who live most of the time with their mother in Spain, he has very little else in his life but singing, rehearsing and singing some more. He has four houses scattered around the world, but his real home is a Mystère-Falcon 20, which jets him from gig to gig. "Everything has to be quick for Julio," says Martinez. "Once he thought the water was too warm in his Miami pool. I offered to turn down the thermostat, but he said that would take too long. We had trucks dump five tons...
Qatar, making its first Olympic appearance, boasts a number of young, exciting players. The most dangerous man on the field is striker Mansur "The Falcon" Muftah, who scored 26 goals last year for Reain in Qatar's First Division. Their main disadvantage, however, may be their large number of players completely without experience at international play except for last year's qualifying rounds...
...spokesman for the film makers' corporation, Luke Spielberger Ltd., said that the attractions will include a Poltergeist funhouse, a scuba dive through shark-infested waters, an American Graffiti drag strip, a Millennium Falcon journey through the Twilight Zone, an E. T. flying-bike ride and an Indiana Jones snake pit. The restaurants, or cantinas, will feature gremlins serving popcorn and candy bars. Each afternoon the Ewoks Marching Band will parade through the park playing the works of John Williams...
...pregnant as Cagney & Lacey departs for its summer vacation. Dallas' season finale is still a deep secret, but hints are that the enemies of J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) may have something ominous in store for the dastardly oilman. Most spectacular of all will be the finish of Falcon Crest's third season this Friday. Much of the cast will board a private plane for Italy to bury the ashes of Julia, the demented daughter of Wine Magnate Angela Channing (Jane Wyman). En route the plane will crash in a remote mountain area, leaving the survival...