Word: najeeb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those huge sailcloth hamburgers. Washington society prepared by getting itself puffed, powdered and sloshed. Little dinners were eaten intimately in Georgetown. The jolly crowd then collected at the gallery to see what was going to happen. Nearly everyone sat on campstools-White House Art Adviser Bill Walton, FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby, Mrs. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Those...
Though conceding that the Soviet Union and the Anglo-French will fly supersonic jetliners before the U.S., Federal Aviation Administrator Najeeb Halaby nevertheless contends that "we will be the first to field the best supersonic transport." The trouble is that being last with the best may not be good enough. The U.S. is already far behind. Halaby has appointed a committee to look into Government sponsorship of a supersonic transport; he hopes to present such a plan to President Kennedy by summer. But the Administration's new budget calls for no funds for supersonic transports, and the only Government...
...Having spent $123 million on noise baffles for jet engines, the aircraft industry was still tormented by the angry voice of the public-and the public was still tormented by the angry voice of the jets overhead. "There's an anxiety neurosis abroad in the land," FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby said darkly, "and that complicates the noise-abatement problem...
...finding more and more examples of the brave World War II hero who after about three beers goes out and borrows, or leases, or steals an airplane and flies it," said Federal Aviation Agency Chief Najeeb E. Halaby. FAA's Director of Flight Standards George C. Prill confirms that drunken flying is increasing, and that the agency is trying to figure out how to deal with...
Inherent Vice? While rescue workers were still combing the marshes for bodies, FAAdministrator Najeeb Halaby flew in from Washington with a team of experts to investigate the causes of the crash. There had been no indication of an explosion or fire in the air, and not a word of distress from Veteran (32 years) Pilot James T. S. Heist, 56. The 707s have previously flown millions of miles without a commercial-passenger fatality in the U.S. What had happened? The steering mechanism may have jammed when Pilot Heist started to turn the plane, or the jet may have been climbing...