Word: midair
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...half by an earthquake, 2) rescued the President's airplane from a thunderstorm, 3) tamed the waters from a collapsing dam, 4) plucked a speedboat full of criminals from the East River and set it down, still dripping, on Wall Street, 5) caught a crashing helicopter in midair, 6) flown round the world in 90 seconds with Lois Lane in his arms, and 7) cooked a soufflé for Lois with his X-ray eyes...
With the contest tied at 2-2 just after the intermission, forward Karen Linsley fired a bouncing pass across the goal mouth, where Mleczko batted at the ball in midair and deflected it past the Big Green netminder...
...talking about hundreds of thousands of these structures." But Moss the tentmaker will not be fully satisfied until someone buys his favorite idea, an already tested shelter that can be rushed to earthquake-or other disaster-stricken areas. Carried over the site by a helicopter and released in midair, it opens like a parachute and drops softly to earth, ready for immediate occupancy...
...nine fine instrumentalists who specialize in asphalt bluegrass. Sugar Blue, a black harmonica player who plies his tunes in Greenwich Village, may be the best itinerant musician in New York. Around Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, less prominent and more indigent fiddlers than those indoors make Brahms burst in midair, usually by tuning their violins up a tone to make the sound more brilliant...
...mile flight to Entebbe, the turboprop Hercules carefully flew over the Red Sea, protected by Israeli air force jet fighters, and were refueled in midair. For the return trip, however, the transports made a quick refueling stop in Kenya. Four hours later the planes and their shaken but much relieved passengers touched Israeli soil...