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Hours later, Norwegian radar screens picked up the scramble of Soviet fighter-interceptors as the South Korean plane intruded on Russian airspace near the Kola Peninsula, which lies to the east of Finland. By that time, Captain Kim had activated his "7700" on-board distress signal...
...Administration (FAA), the U.S. was urging adoption of an American-built MLS in which the electronic funnel is created by two narrow radio beams-one sweeping horizontally, the other vertically. From the varying time intervals between the aircraft's interception of these rapid back-and-forth sweeps, an on-board computer can determine precisely where the plane is in the funnel, how steeply it is descending and how far it is from the center of the runway...
Once in Oshkosh, the builder-flyers demonstrated their airs above ground: one man performed slow aerobatics in his Starduster while listening to Strauss waltzes over his on-board earphones; another, goggled and scarfed like the Red Baron himself, eased his bulbous-nosed Der Jager into the friendly skies. There were also rides in a Ford Tri-Motor to be had for a mere $10 and the Red Devil Acrobatic Biplane Squad to watch as it performed an amazing array of intricate patterns and loops and dives...
Frigid Sorties. North relies on read-outs from on-board computers and the advice of two additional helmsmen -one for upwind legs, another for downwind-in devising racing strategy. Says North: "I do things more by what seems to be right by testing and not by how it feels. I'm an analytical sailor." But his restlessness on board and his penchant for consulting everyone on tactical decisions rattled his sailors. Enterprise Crewman Andy MacGowan explains: "The problem with North's style is that things happen so fast in a race. You haven't got the luxury...
...laser reflection, controls the fins and thus guides the shell to the target. Another application of the laser is giving tank guns more accurate range finders. Once they get a target in their sights, tank gunners merely press the laser button, hitting the enemy with the beam. An on-board computer then gauges the reflected light, makes nine separate calculations and fires the gun. In tests, the system has provided up to 40% more first-round hits than conventional equipment...