Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rolling KLM jet, the flight engineer twice asked, "Is he [Pan Am] not clear then?" Emphatically, Veldhuizen replied, "Yes." His KLM plane hurtled down the runway. Suddenly the Pan Am 747 loomed ahead. It was too late: the KLM jumbo smashed into the Clipper...
...result, movie stars, TV personalities, politicians and jet-setters have been joined in the plastic surgery wards and clinics by secretaries, assembly-line workers, housewives and business executives anxious to fit into a youth-oriented society. Says Dr. Laurence LeWinn of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center: "If we were in China, people would want to have wrinkles put in so that they could be revered citizens. Here we have the wrinkles removed...
...Miramar to Cessna: "Traffic in your vicinity is a PSA jet. Has you in sight. He is descending toward Lindbergh...
...last year-and the safety experts believe that only a small portion of such perilous passings are reported. The overwhelming majority do not involve commercial airliners. But as the San Diego crash illustrates, the loss of life is large when the near miss involving a big passenger jet turns into an actual collision...
...phenomenal growth in general aviation in the U.S. has continued unabated for a decade. The category embraces everything from a $5,000 secondhand Piper Cub used for weekend joyrides to a $6.5 million, 18-seat Grumman Gulfstream executive jet crammed with the latest airborne electronics. In between are the twins, turboprops and smaller jets operated by some 2,200 air-taxi operators and 200 commuter airlines. This year alone, companies such as Cessna, Beech and Piper will deliver 18,000 aircraft worth $1.8 billion to customers around the country...