Word: hr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...advised passengers on takeoff-accurately, as it turned out-of his three-hour flight plan: "Two to get there and one to circle." American Airlines reported that the previous week's average 88-min. delay at Kennedy rose last week to one day's average of 3 hr. 14 min. on the Chicago-to-New York run. Before the crisis, rush-hour delays at Kennedy averaged...
Loaded with aviation officials and pressmen, the Soviet Union's huge Aeroflot jetliner, the Ilyushin-62, was scheduled to land at New York's Kennedy Airport after a stopover in Montreal. Total time: 12 hr. 40 min. A few hours later, a Pan American Boeing 707-321B jet was aimed for Moscow, via Copenhagen, for the 4,907-mile journey that was scheduled to last 10 hr. 35 min. Both planes were to return the next day, and both of the once-weekly flights will continue, with passengers paying from $548 for 14-to 21-day economy...
...worried not so much about winning as merely staying afloat. A draining, plug had popped out of Mona Lou's hull; when Lewis pulled into Nassau to refuel, he had to leap overboard and plug the hole with rags to keep the boat from sinking. Finally, after 10 hr. 54 min. of whomping on the water, during which he averaged 54 m.p.h., Lewis crossed the finish line to win the $10,000 first prize by a margin of only four seconds over Runner-Up Bill Sirois' 31-ft. Bertram. "You have to be on your toes...
...nosed slugs* had entered the right armpit and worked its way up to the neck; it was relatively harmless. The other had penetrated his skull and passed into the brain, scattering fragments of lead and bone. It was these that the surgeons had to probe for in their 3-hr. 40-min. operation (see MEDICINE...
When the 3-hr. 40-min. operation was over, Kennedy "stabilized pretty well," said Cuneo. An electroencephalograph showed regular brain waves. Feeding him intravenously, continuing the transfusions and the monitoring of his life forces, the doctor watched for signs of consciousness. Even then, said Cuneo, "we were certain that the future would be disastrous for the Senator if he did survive. I didn't tell Ethel all this; I just told her that we were doing everything we could...