Word: pilot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mike Magill went to the hospital with neck injuries after hitting the Speedway wall on the 47th lap. Ray Crawford hit a wall on the 121st lap, suffered broken ribs. But through the pile-ups nothing bothered 38-year-old Veteran Rodger Ward of Los Angeles, a onetime fighter pilot who had never finished higher than eighth in eight previous "500" races. He nursed the dirty-white Leader Card Special in front to stay on the 86th lap, sped home the winner by a tight 23 sec. over Veteran Jim Rathmann. Ward's average speed-135.857 m.p.h...
Just as pleasing to the airlines as this public response is that they have put the jets in the air with less trouble than they have had with many a prop plane. Says Sam Miller, Pan American's Atlantic Division chief pilot, who has made 82 crossings in the 707: "This plane has had fewer mechanical problems than any other new plane in the postwar era." The adjustments of the plane's shakedown period have inevitably led to delayed flights and late arrivals. But the grind on passengers' nerves has not been so much the fault...
Happily, the four boaters cruised south for 125 downstream miles, beyond Candlestick Spire toward the roily confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers. There Pilot Del Rich stopped to help another boat, which was hung up on a sandbar. The rest of the Friendship Cruisers moved past and out of sight. Rich set off after them. Time and again the boaters had been warned to turn left and head upstream into the Colorado, not downstream. But Rich unthinkingly took the wrong turn and cruised on into the white water of Cataract Canyon. It was a human mistake-past the point...
...keep his old red head in describing his bout with the malignant growth in his chest. "That damnable" tumor had even adhered to the aorta, great artery from the heart. Sobbing, Godfrey said: "Like all aviators. I'm not afraid of what I know about. Every time a pilot takes off, he takes what we call a calculated risk. He knows it could be the last time." Then Godfrey headed off for at least 60 days' complete rest in his Manhattan apartment, no definite future date...
...manager was to go to the styling center. He knew what was wrong with Pontiac; it had a "grandma image" in the customer's mind. He wanted to change it so "teenagers would shout, 'Cool, man, real cool.'" The 1957 Pontiac was only 30 days from pilot production, just 60 days from volume production. Walking around the car, Knudsen announced abruptly: "Let's take the silver streaks off. That's the biggest change we can make." The stylists were shocked. They reminded the new boss that Big Bill Knudsen himself was the onec who introduced...