Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Limited, Civil Air Transport Company Limited." The plaque is the only memorial to a man who created and ran what was once one of the largest airlines in the free world. The airline was known by half a dozen different names, sometimes just as the "Shy Airline," and it flew where few tourists wanted to go. Passengers were often obliged to exit by parachute...
Doole's pilots, who flew in and out of tiny jungle fields in abysmal weather and sometimes under enemy fire, were a raffish lot. They referred to the CIA as "the customer," the ammunition they dropped as "hard rice" and being under heavy fire as "sporty." Brushes with death were described as "fascinating." To be "absolutely fascinated" meant scared witless...
Doole would appear from time to time at CIA bases from Vientiane to Panama City, but he stayed aloof from the pilots, many of whom regarded him as a bit of a snob. "I never saw the man without a tie on," scoffs one. Doole played bridge, flew airplanes and did business deals the same way: slowly and deliberately. "The Chinese liked to negotiate with him," recalls a former CIA official. "He was polite; he never showed any excitement. But he was tough...
...public hearing held two weeks ago on the San Francisco waterfront, protesters waved signs bearing slogans like OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX and CAN THE PLAN. In the background, sailboats flew banners that simply said NO. Speaking at the demonstration against the proposed drilling was Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, who complained that Governor George Deukmejian was "putting up a FOR SALE sign along the whole state of California." Democrat Bradley is hoping to make the oil leases a political issue in his campaign this election year to unseat the Republican Governor. Deukmejian, who has supported offshore drilling...
When darkness came, the sea was roiled by 15-ft. swells. Kelso had indeed postponed any action because, as one officer put it, "the Libyans don't fly at night." At 9:26 p.m., two A-6 Intruders roared from the deck of the America. They flew toward a Libyan attack boat that was moving toward the U.S. armada. When the vessel got within 40 miles of U.S. ships, the A-6 jets let fly with Harpoon missiles that skimmed along the sea and rammed into the Libyan boat, setting it ablaze...