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...aluminum skin, the M2-F2 measures 22 ft. 2 in. long and 9 ft. 7 in. wide at its broadest point (the tail). To control the glider's descent once it reaches the atmosphere, the pilot has a rudder on each tail fin for turning, a pair of flaps on the top of the aft section of the body for upward pitch and roll adjustments, and a single flap under the aft section for downward pitch. If angle of descent becomes too sharp, the pilot can fire the two small thruster rockets on board. Wings are not necessary...
Still rankled by memories of the 1962 Der Spiegel press flap, when over-zealous German cops arrested staffers and raided the magazine's office after an article disclosing classified NATO information, the German press was predictably caustic about what the Sü'ddeutsche Zeitung aptly felt was "making an elephant out of a mosquito." At week's end the Cologne prosecutor had still not filed an indictment, and everyone was hoping that the Shah would decide to settle for Neven Dumont's personal apology and thus bring a quiet end to the tempest in an inkpot...
...including Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert. All professed themselves pleased as punch. But there were outside complaints that the F-111 was costing much more than originally planned, that it was too heavy for aircraft carrier use, and that it was full of bugs-as proved by the flap failure...
...Johnson said, "a real pleasant, lovely airplane." He had been able to take off within the remarkably short distance of 3,000 ft., and was impressed by the short smooth landing. He shrugged off the flap failure as just one of those things. He said that the F-111 was "more ready than any plane I've tested...
Father Goose. The man looks as seamy as an old sea bag. His chin sprouts a day's growth of stubble. Tattered shirttails flap outside his trousers, and he tops the ensemble with either a disreputable yachting cap or a sweat-stained fedora. Coltish Leslie Caron sums him up succinctly as "a rude, foulmouthed, drunken, filthy beast...