Word: peakings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hare Airport, the nation's busiest: Correspondent Marion Knox spent a day in the control tower at New York City's Kennedy Airport for a firsthand look at the pressures facing controllers who must keep track of as many as 87 arrivals and departures in a peak hour...
...ancient Romans and Greeks to call them "the Fortunate Islands." The refreshingly mild and breezy climate was praised by more modern travelers as "perpetual spring." But early natives of the Canary Islands,*70 miles off the northwest coast of Africa, knew better. They chose the name Pico de Teide (Peak of Hell) for the 12,200-ft. volcanic mountain that looms broodingly over Tenerife, largest of the seven major islands: the natives thought the devil lurked inside it. Last week Tenerife was about as hellish as any place on earth...
...takeoff until they guide it to a landing (see diagram). FAA psychological tests have shown that controllers undergo more stress than combat pilots. At Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest, they are allowed to work for only 90 minutes at a stretch during peak hours, landing a plane every two minutes while simultaneously keeping track of half a dozen more...
...mistake can create a holocaust. The skies are filled with jumbo jets carrying hundreds of passengers. Closing speeds can reach 1,000 m.p.h. or more, making it difficult for humans to react quickly enough in the event of error. The congestion at major airports is so great at peak hours ?late Friday afternoon is especially bad?that air controllers have to order incoming jets to stack up at altitude intervals of 1,000 ft. The landing is a carefully choreographed minuet of the skies as the plane on the bottom of the stack is cleared to come...
...remote-control switches on central heating and air-conditioning units and water heaters. The heaters and air conditioners can then be turned off for 15 to 20 minutes each hour to conserve fuel while the water heaters can be switched off for two to four hours to ease the peak load...