Word: phils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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West from Cleveland, at 6,000 feet, in the bright, clear air just above an alabaster overcast, boomed United Air Lines Trip 21, bound for Chicago with 13 passengers, a crew of three. Over Lansing, Ill. (18 miles southeast of Chicago), handsome Captain Phil Scott, onetime University of Minnesota hockey captain, heard the hum of the Chicago beam in his earphones. By that time it was dark. Passengers and crew had seen the unforgettable sight of the setting sun turning the gleaming white cloud layer to a glory of gold. Now the stars were out, the cloud layer black...
Around 5:30 Phil Scott was told to come on in. He headed north, nosing down through the overcast on instruments...
...green navigation lights sharp against the ceiling. From the control-tower speaker came Captain Scott's businesslike voice: "Contact-1,500"; i.e., at 1,500 feet he was out of the clouds, could see the ground. The laggard wind had freshened to 9 m.p.h. and Phil Scott had radioed he would come in on the northwest runway. As he made his turn, baggage handlers began wheeling their carts down to the gate where he was to dock...
...punch party at the home of Dr. Little Secretary of the University and Adams Master, Phil Neagle, '42 was elected captain of next season's House football team and awards were presented to the members of this year's champion aggregation...
...Open downhill ski races, for both men and women, are to be held every Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the two Ossipee slopes just off Route 16. This is one of the innovations announced by the Ossipee. Sports Development association which is under the management of Phil Stevens...