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...sweltering helicopter hangar at a naval station in Florida, faced by more than a thousand tearful mourners, Ronald Reagan performed one of those tasks he does best. Honoring young Americans who have lost their lives in one of their country's fitful attempts to assert itself in a troubled world has, alas, become for him a practiced ritual. Speaking somberly of the latest tragedy, and of the latest set of victims he called heroes, the President asked, "Why did this happen...
...crowd of 1,200 onlookers gathered in the cavernous hangar of the Aerospatiale company in Toulouse, France, loud pop music filled the air. Suddenly the lights dimmed, clouds of smoke billowed across the red-carpeted floor, and a curtain parted to reveal a gleaming white jetliner. It was the A- 320, a 150-seat aircraft that is the new offering from Airbus, the European consortium. For a final touch of pizazz, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, on hand for the debut, sloshed champagne over the plane's nose...
...that he flew his jet even though in his cockpit 14 red tags were hanging from parts on which needed maintenance work had been deferred. While this may be legal, John Galipault of the Aviation Safety Institute insists that one airline assigns mechanics to fly in what repairmen call "hangar queens," airplanes that develop frequent problems. When a minor ailment arises, the flying mechanic "signs off" on the paperwork needed to permit the plane to keep operating, even though no repair is done...
Isozaki's design did not fare smoothly at first. It fell afoul of a small group of trustees headed by Industrialist Max Palevsky, who, along with Eli Broad, put up the initial seed money for the museum -- $1 million each, spread over four years. Palevsky wanted a plain hangar of a building, as little ) "architecture" as possible. But after a two-day slugfest of a meeting, the board voted 17-3 for Isozaki, at which Palevsky resigned in a huff and sued for half his money back. But by then other key grants were in line. The "major breakthrough," according...
Over the next five years, the three set out to raise enough money to design, build and fly Voyager. The project took shape in Hangar 77 at Mojave Airport; the plane was put together by dedicated volunteers and a few paid workers who were determined to assemble a dream. Dick Rutan became the driving force; two years ago he bought out his brother's half interest in the plane. He is proud that the group is accomplishing its mission without one cent of Government money...