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When the House Government Operations Subcommittee, stirred to action by last month's disastrous mid-air collision of two airliners over the Grand Canyon, looked into the whole question of aviation safety, it found that the U.S. was simply not prepared to handle the traffic jam in its skies. Civil Aeronautics Administrator Charles J. Lowen suggested that progress could be made if Congress would approve the balance of funds for CAA's five-year plan to blanket the sky with long-range radar, which shows the exact position of all airborne planes. The committee chairman, West Virginia Democrat...
...cord wrapped around him and 40 lbs. of explosives on him is hit in the chest by a tracer bullet as he stands ready to jump, and reels back into the plane with the primer cord smoldering, but a quick-witted sergeant kicks him out, and he explodes in mid-air like a giant firecracker...
...Though the music was busy, the ideas (save for the opening few notes) lacked an individual character. I felt that I was listening to a series of transitions that had no origin or destination. There was not even a real end; the piece seemed to break off abruptly in mid-air...
Under cover of U.S., British and royal Thai jets, 6,000 U.S. soldiers rained down on Bangkok's Don Muang airport by parachute before the awed eyes of 250.000 Thailanders. Most impressive unprogrammed sight: the rescue in mid-air by one paratrooper of a comrade who jumped in the same stick but whose chute failed to open. Popeyed, rice farmers saw field guns and trucks larger than their houses drop from the sky. U.S. marines, landing from 30 helicopters, fought a mock battle against "enemy" strongpoints with flamethrowers and satchel charges...
...today's crowded airways, the chances of mid-air collisions are increasing at a fast rate. Every...