Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plane down before his fuel exploded. He could not raise his flaps or lower his wheels, for the loss of three power plants had disrupted the hydraulic and electrical systems. As Baum headed for a pasture. Flight Engineer George Hagen worked to get the flaps and landing gear back in operation. Boeing Pilot William Allsop, two Braniff men and a representative from the Federal Aviation Agency headed aft to take seats near the rear of the plane; another
...maneuvered from a special mooring until she was directly over the sub, double-checking her position by UQC (underwater sound communication). Then Penguin lowered a diving bell. Of the four men who rode it down to 300 ft., only one was inside; three were skindivers with backpacks of Scuba gear, and they hitched a ride on the bell, for speed and safety, by clinging to its exterior...
...Seconds. First, Bond and Tuckfield checked the lights, emergency gear-and each other. Then Tuckfield opened a seacock, and the forward escape hatch began to fill with water. The men stayed at normal atmospheric pressure because excess air and their stale breath escaped through a vent line into the torpedo room. As the 68° water rose to their chins, Bond and Tuckfield shivered. With half a minute to go, the doctor gave the order and the chief opened a valve, letting air under 225 Ibs. pressure gush into the hatch. The outlet vent was closed. The air pressure zoomed...
...president and was named board chairman by a group of investors-headed by Lawyer Roy Cohn-which got control of more than 200,000 of Lionel's 720,000 outstanding shares. Ailing Lionel (1958 loss: $469,057), a leading toy-train maker, also produces baseball gloves, fishing gear and electronic devices. Cohn, once chief counsel of the late Senator Joseph McCarthy's Senate investigating subcommittee, said his group will name a new president in the near future and adopt "drastic marketing changes...
Responded Crossfield nonchalantly, as he touched the runway on his skid gear...