Word: flameouts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pass, went into a tight turn to begin a new approach. "Final ILS 24," he radioed the tower-meaning that he aimed to make an Instrument Landing System descent on runway 24. Inexplicably, he continued his turn. Just then, some witnesses heard a loud whooph!-possibly indicating an engine flameout. Others reported hearing an explosion...
...smokers who want to avoid flameout: a hurricane-proof cigarette lighter that needs no flint or fuel. Powered by a nickel-cadmium battery that never needs replacement, the Gulton lighter uses a glowing filament like a dashboard lighter. It can be recharged (about three packs' worth) by plugging it into any AC wall outlet. Price...
...very ill service." Had Powers been brainwashed? Why had he not fired the charges that would have destroyed his plane? How high was he flying when hit-and what had hit him? Was it, as Khrushchev claimed, a Russian rocket at 68,000 ft.? Or did he have a flameout...