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...advanced Parkinsonism, a disorder (cause unknown) of nerve nuclei at the base of the brain. But each man had just been freed of such symptoms on the right side. For the first time, after more than five years of helplessness, each could write legibly and feed himself an in-flight meal. This improvement in a disease bafflingly difficult to treat had been wrought by three "buzzes" (actually inaudible), lasting less than two seconds each, of ultra-high-frequency sound waves...
...Defense cannot take chances, will not accept radioed identification or radioed reports of in-flight changes, which could easily be faked. Airline pilots used to change course with great frequency; jets once scrambled 200 times a month to check on incoming international airliners alone. Now, with the help of special identification systems, international interceptions are down to about 30 monthly. Airline pilots, to avoid the arrival of curious jets, stay more closely on course...
With stubby flames spitting from its four jet pods, the B-36 roared down the runway at Carswell Air Force Base outside Fort Worth, Tex., and lumbered heavily into the air. Up in the cockpit, Major Charles E. Crecelius, 30, the plane commander, ran crisply through his in-flight checklist and settled into the routine of a 17-hour combat training mission. He and his 16-man crew had been briefed to fly a series of dogleg courses around the U.S. Halfway through the mission, they would simulate a bombing run on Oklahoma City. Four F-51 fighters...
...already Squadron 375 can laugh at the treacherous twilight. Every other day a stripped-down B-29 takes off on a 3,500-mile "Ptarmigan flight" to the pole and back. So far, no plane has been lost on the ice cap. Married officers often save bits of in-flight lunch and bring it home to their kids as a present from Santa Claus. Lots of mementos (e.g., flags) have been dropped on the pole itself. Cracked one pilot: "A few more drops and we'll be sent back in to police up the area...